Job 40

²“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?

He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you?

I lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer;

Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

⁷“Now brace yourself like a man.

I will question you, and you will answer me.

⁸Will you even annul my judgement?

Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

⁹Or 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 honour and majesty.

¹¹Pour out the fury of your anger.

Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

¹²Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him.

Crush the wicked in their place.

¹³Hide them in the dust together.

Bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹⁴Then 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.

¹⁶Look now, his strength is in his thighs.

His force is in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷He moves his tail like a cedar.

The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸His bones are like tubes of bronze.

His limbs are like bars of iron.

¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God.

He who made him gives him his sword.

²⁰Surely the mountains produce food for him,

where all the animals of the field play.

²¹He lies under the lotus trees,

in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

²²The lotuses cover him with their shade.

The willows of the brook surround him.

²³Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble.

He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

²⁴Shall any take him when he is on the watch,

or pierce through his nose with a snare?