Job 40

1. ¹Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2. ²"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
3. ³Then Job answered Yahweh,
4. ⁴"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5. ⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
6. ⁶Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
7. ⁷"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8. ⁸Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9. ⁹Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10. ¹⁰"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11. ¹¹Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12. ¹²Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13. ¹³Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14. ¹⁴Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.
15. ¹⁵"See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16. ¹⁶Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17. ¹⁷He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18. ¹⁸His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19. ¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20. ²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.
21. ²¹He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22. ²²The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23. ²³Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24. ²⁴Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

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