Job

¹Moreover the LORD answered Job, ²“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” ³Then Job answered the LORD, ⁴“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. ⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

⁶Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: ⁷“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me. ⁸Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? ⁹Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty. ¹¹Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low. ¹²Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place. ¹³Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place. ¹⁴Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you. ¹⁵“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox. ¹⁶Look now, his strength is in his thighs. 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 like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron. ¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword. ²⁰Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play. ²¹He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh. ²²The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him. ²³Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth. ²⁴Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?