[1] Then the LORD answered Job: [2] "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" [3] Then Job answered the LORD: [4] "Indeed, I am completely unworthy-how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. [5] I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." [6] Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: [7] "Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me. [8] Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? [9] Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? [10] Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor. [11] Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; [12] Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot. [13] Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. [14] Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. [15] "Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. [16] Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. [17] It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. [18] Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. [19] It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. [20] For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. [21] Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. [22] The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. [23] If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. [24] Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?
