Job 40

¹ And the LORD said to Job:

² Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who argues with God answer it.

³ Then Job answered the LORD and said:

⁴ Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵ I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

⁷ Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer me.

⁸ Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?

⁹ Have you an arm like God's,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰ Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

¹¹ Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

¹² Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low;
tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³ Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.

¹⁴ Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own right hand can save you.

¹⁵ Behold now, Behemoth,
which I made as I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶ Behold, his strength is in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze;
his limbs like bars of iron.

¹⁹ He is the first of the works of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!

²⁰ For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild animals play.

²¹ Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.

²² For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.

²³ Behold, if the river is turbulent, he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

²⁴ Can one take him by his eyes,
or pierce his nose with a snare?