Job 40

1Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

2Will anyone who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let anyone who disputes with God answer!

3Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

4I am insignificant—what can I say to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

5I have spoken once, but will not reply; even twice, but will add no more.

6Then Yahweh answered Job from the whirlwind.

7Prepare yourself now like a man; I will question you, and you answer me.

8Will you even discredit my justice? Will you declare me guilty so you can be right?

9Do you have an arm like God's? Or can you thunder with a voice like his?

10Adorn yourself now with majesty and splendor; clothe yourself in glory and dignity.

11Pour out your wrath's full fury; gaze on every proud one and humble him.

12Gaze on everyone arrogant and bring him low; trample the wicked right where they stand.

13Conceal them together in the dust; bind their faces in secret.

14Then I too will concede that your own right hand can deliver you.

15Look at behemoth, whom I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox.

16Behold his strength in his thighs; his force, in the muscles of his belly.

17He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the tendons of his thighs are intertwined.

18His bones are like bronze tubes; his limbs like iron bars.

19He is the foremost of God's ways. His maker causes his sword to approach him.

20The mountains yield him food, where all the beasts of the field frolic.

21He rests under lotus trees, in the shelter of reeds and the swamp.

22Lotuses shade him with their cover, while brook willows surround him.

23If a river surges, he does not hasten; he remains confident, even as the Jordan rises to his mouth.

24Can anyone seize him while he watches, or thrust a snare through his nostrils?