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 shall 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 brass. 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? |