Job 40

1And the Lord asaid to Job:

2 “Shall a faultfinder bcontend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Job Promises Silence

3Then Job answered the Lord and said:

4 Behold, I am cof small account; what shall I answer you?
dI lay my hand on my mouth.
5I have spoken eonce, and I will not answer;
ftwice, but I will proceed no further.”

The Lord Challenges Job

6Then the Lord ganswered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

7 hDress for action
Hebrew Gird up your loins
like a man;
jI will question you, and you make it known to me.
8Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that kyou may be in the right?
9Have you lan arm like God,
and can you thunder with ma voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
nclothe yourself with glory and splendor.
11Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is oproud and abase him.
12Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and ptread down the wicked qwhere they stand.
13 rHide them all in sthe dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.
Hebrew  in the hidden place

14Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own uright hand can save you.
15 Behold, Behemoth,
A large animal, exact identity unknown

which I made as I made you;
he eats wgrass like an ox.
16Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
17He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.
19 “He is xthe first of ythe works
Hebrew ways
of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
20For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beasts play.
21Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of aathe reeds and in the marsh.
22For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.
23Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
24Can one take him by his eyes,
Or in his sight

or pierce his nose with a snare?
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