• Job Places His Hand over His Mouth

  • 1 Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
  • 2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.”
  • 3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
  • 4 “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  • 5 “Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
  • Yahweh Will Ask Job

  • 6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
  • 7 “Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make Me know.
  • 8 “Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • 9 “Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
  • 10 “Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness, And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
  • 11 “Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
  • 12 “Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
  • 13 “Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.
  • 14 “Then I will also praise you, That your own right hand can save you.
  • Behold the Behemoth

  • 15 “Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; It eats grass like an ox.
  • 16 “Behold now, its power in its loins And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.
  • 17 “It hangs its tail like a cedar; The sinews of its thighs are knit together.
  • 18 “Its bones are tubes of bronze; Its limbs are like bars of iron.
  • 19 “It is the first of the ways of God; Let its Maker bring near its sword.
  • 20 “Surely the mountains bring it food, And all the beasts of the field play there.
  • 21 “Under the lotus plants it lies down, In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.
  • 22 “The lotus plants cover it with shade; The willows of the brook surround it.
  • 23 “If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed; It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.
  • 24 “Can anyone capture it before its eyes, With snares can anyone pierce its nose?