Job 40
1Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said, 1
2“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? 1 He who argues with God, let him answer.”
3Then Job answered Yahweh and said, 1
4“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? 1 I put my hand over my mouth. 1
5I spoke once, and I will not answer; 1 indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said, 1
7“Now gird up your loins like a man, 1 for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me. 1
8Will you actually say that I am unjust? 1 Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right? 1
9Do you have an arm like God's? 1 Can you thunder with a voice like him? 1
10Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; 1 array yourself in honor and majesty. 1
11Scatter around the excess of your anger; 1 look at everyone who is proud and bring him down. 1
12Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; 1 trample down wicked people where they stand. 1
13Bury them in the earth together; 1 imprison their faces in the hidden place. 1
14Then will I also acknowledge about you 1 that your own right hand can save you. 1
15Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; 1 he eats grass like an ox. 1
16See now, his strength is in his loins; 1 his power is in his belly's muscles. 1
17He makes his tail like a cedar; 1 the sinews of his thighs are joined together. 1
18His bones are like tubes of bronze; 1 his legs are like bars of iron. 1
19He is the chief of the creatures of God. 1 Only God, who made him, can defeat him. 1
20For the hills provide him with food; 1 the beasts of the field play nearby. 1
21He lies under the lotus plants 1 in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes. 1
22The lotus plants cover him with their shade; 1 the willows of the brook are all around him. 1
23See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; 1 he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth. 1
24Can anyone capture him with a hook, 1 or pierce his nose through with a snare?