[1] The LORD Continues I am the LORD All-Powerful, [2] but you have argued that I am wrong. Now you must answer me. [3] Job said to the LORD: [4] Who am I to answer you? [5] I did speak once or twice, but never again. [6] Then out of the storm the LORD said to Job: [7] Face me and answer the questions I ask! [8] Are you trying to prove that you are innocent by accusing me of injustice? [9] Do you have a powerful arm and a thundering voice that compare with mine? [10] If so, then surround yourself with glory and majesty. [11] Show your furious anger! Throw down and crush [12] all who are proud and evil. [13] Wrap them in grave clothes and bury them together in the dusty soil. [14] Do this, and I will agree that you have won this argument. [15] I created both you and the hippopotamus. It eats only grass like an ox, [16] but look at the mighty muscles in its body [17] and legs. Its tail is like a cedar tree, and its thighs are thick. [18] The bones in its legs are like bronze or iron. [19] I made it more powerful than any other creature, yet I am stronger still. [20] Undisturbed, it eats grass while the other animals play nearby. [21] It rests in the shade of trees along the riverbank [22] or hides among reeds in the swamp. [23] It remains calm and unafraid with the Jordan River rushing and splashing in its face. [24] There is no way to capture a hippopotamus- not even by hooking its nose or blinding its eyes.
