| 1 | Moreover Yahweh answered Job, |
| 2 | 'Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.' |
| 3 | Then Job answered Yahweh, |
| 4 | 'Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. |
| 5 | I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.' |
| 6 | Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, |
| 7 | 'Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. |
| 8 | Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? |
| 9 | Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? |
| 10 | 'Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. |
| 11 | Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low. |
| 12 | Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place. |
| 13 | Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. |
| 14 | Then 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. |
| 16 | Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly. |
| 17 | He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. |
| 18 | His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron. |
| 19 | He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. |
| 20 | Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play. |
| 21 | He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh. |
| 22 | The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. |
| 23 | Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. |
| 24 | Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare? |