• 1 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
  • 2 “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

  • Job’s Response to God

  • 3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
  • 4 “Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.
  • 5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

  • God’s Challenge to Job

  • 6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
  • 7 “Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
  • 8 “Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • 9 Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
  • 10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.
  • 11 Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
  • 12 Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.
  • 13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
  • 14 Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.
  • 15 “Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.
  • 16 See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.
  • 17 He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
  • 18 His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.
  • 19 He is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
  • 20 Surely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
  • 21 He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.
  • 22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.
  • 23 Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
  • 24 Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.