^{1 Ref} And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

^{2 Ref} Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

³ And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

^{4 Ref} Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

^{5 Ref} Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

^{6 Ref} And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

^{7 Ref} Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

^{8 Ref} Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

^{9 Ref} And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

^{10 Ref} Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

^{11 Ref} Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

^{12 Ref} See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

^{13 Ref} Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

^{14 Ref} And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

^{15 Ref} Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

¹⁶ Lo, I pray thee, his power `is' in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

^{17 Ref} He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

^{18 Ref} His bones `are' tubes of brass, His bones `are' as a bar of iron.

^{19 Ref} He `is' a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

^{20 Ref} For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

^{21 Ref} Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

^{22 Ref} Cover him do shades, `with' their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

^{23 Ref} Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

^{24 Ref} Before his eyes doth `one' take him, With snares doth `one' pierce the nose?