Job 40

1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,⋮

2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”⋮

3 Then Job answered Yahweh,⋮

4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.⋮

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

6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:⋮

7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.⋮

8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?⋮

9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?⋮

10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.⋮

11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.⋮

12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.⋮

13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.⋮

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

15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.⋮

16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.⋮

17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.⋮

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

19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.⋮

20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.⋮

21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.⋮

22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.⋮

23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.⋮

24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?⋮