1 Moreover the LordJob 38:1answered Job, and said:
2 "Shall Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who Job 13:3; 23:4rebukes God, let him answer it."
Job’s Response to God
3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4 "Behold,Ezra 9:6; Job 42:6 I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
Job 29:9; Ps. 39:9I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
God’s Challenge to Job
6 Job 38:1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
7 "NowJob 38:3 prepare yourself like a man;
Job 42:4I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
8 "WouldJob 16:11; 19:6; (Ps. 51:4; Rom. 3:4) you indeed annul My judgment?
Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9 Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with Job 37:4; (Ps. 29:3, 4)a voice like His?
10 Ps. 93:1; 104:1Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
11 Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone whois proud, and humble him.
12 Look on everyone whois1 Sam. 2:7; (Is. 2:12; 13:11); Dan. 4:37proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
14 Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
15 "Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you;
He eats grass like an ox.
16 See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
18 His bones arelike beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the Job 26:14ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
20 Surely the mountains Ps. 104:14yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
23 Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
24 Though he takes it in his eyes,
Or one pierces his nose with a snare.