^{1 Ref} Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

^{2 Ref} "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

³ Then Job answered Yahweh,

^{4 Ref} "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

^{5 Ref} I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

^{6 Ref} Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

^{7 Ref} "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

^{8 Ref} Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

^{9 Ref} Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

^{10 Ref} "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

^{11 Ref} Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

^{12 Ref} Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

^{13 Ref} Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

^{14 Ref} Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.

^{15 Ref} "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

¹⁶ Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.

^{17 Ref} He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

^{18 Ref} His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

^{19 Ref} He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

^{20 Ref} Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.

^{21 Ref} He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

^{22 Ref} The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

^{23 Ref} Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

^{24 Ref} Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?