[1] And YHWH answers Job and says: [2] “Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.” [3] And Job answers YHWH and says: [4] “Behold, I have been vile, || What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth. [5] I have spoken once, and I do not answer, || And twice, and I do not add.” [6] And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says: [7] “Now gird your loins as a man, || I ask you, and you cause Me to know. [8] Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, || That you may be righteous? [9] And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His? [10] Now put on excellence and loftiness, || Indeed, put on splendor and beauty. [11] Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, || And see every proud one, and make him low. [12] See every proud one—humble him, || And tread down the wicked in their place. [13] Hide them in the dust together, || Bind their faces in secret. [14] And even I praise you, || For your right hand gives salvation to you. [15] Now behold, behemoth, || That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox. [16] Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, || And his strength in the muscles of his belly. [17] He bends his tail as a cedar, || The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together, [18] His bones [are] tubes of bronze, || His bones [are] as a bar of iron. [19] He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, || His Maker [alone] brings His sword near; [20] For mountains bear food for him, || And all the beasts of the field play there. [21] He lies down under shades, || In a secret place of reed and marsh. [22] Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, || Willows of the brook cover him. [23] Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, || He is confident though Jordan || Comes forth to his mouth. [24] Does [one] take him by his eyes? || Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
