1Moreover Yehovah answered Job, and said,
2Shall the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
3Then Job answered Yehovah, and said,
4Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.
6Then Yehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Gird up your loins now like a man: I will question you, and you declare to me.
8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9Or do you have an arm like God? And can you thunder with a voice like him?
10Adorn yourself now with excellency and dignity; And array yourself with honor and majesty.
11Pour out the overflowings of your anger; And look on everyone who is proud, and abase him.
12Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
15Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass as an ox.
16Look now, his strength is in his loins, And 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 as tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God: Only he who made him gives him his sword.
20Surely the mountains bring him food, Where all the beasts of the field play.
21He lies under the lotus trees, In the shelter of the reed, and the marsh.
22The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook surround him.
23Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble; He is confident, though a Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24Shall anyone take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?