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?
1 Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,
2 Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct [him]? Let him that disputes with God answer this.
3 Then Job answered the LORD and said,
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further.
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one [that is] proud and bring him down.
12 Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; [and] blindfold their faces in darkness.
14 Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly.
17 He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones [are as] strong as brass; his members [are] like bars of iron.
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near [unto him].
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places.
22 The shady [trees] cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he shall drink up a river [and] not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth.
24 His maker shall take him by [the weakness of] his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.: