1 M oreover the Lord answered Job, and said:

Moreover Jehovah 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

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

3 T hen Job answered the Lord and said:

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

4 “ Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth.

Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

5 O nce I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.” God’s Challenge to Job

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

6 T hen the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

7 “ Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me:

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

8 “ Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

9 H ave you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

10 T hen adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.

11 D isperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

12 L ook on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

13 H ide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.

14 T hen I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.

Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.

15 “ Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

16 S ee now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

17 H e moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

18 H is bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.

His bones are as tubes of brass; His limbs are like bars of iron.

19 H e is the first of the ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.

He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword.

20 S urely the mountains yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

21 H e lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.

He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.

22 T he lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.

23 I ndeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

24 T hough he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?