Job 40:1 (WEB)
Moreover Yahweh answered Job,

Job 40:2 (WEB)
"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Job 40:3 (WEB)
Then Job answered Yahweh,

Job 40:4 (WEB)
"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job 40:5 (WEB)
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

Job 40:6 (WEB)
Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,

Job 40:7 (WEB)
"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

Job 40:8 (WEB)
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Job 40:9 (WEB)
Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

Job 40:10 (WEB)
"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.

Job 40:11 (WEB)
Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Job 40:12 (WEB)
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Job 40:13 (WEB)
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Job 40:14 (WEB)
Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.

Job 40:15 (WEB)
"See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.

Job 40:16 (WEB)
Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.

Job 40:17 (WEB)
He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

Job 40:18 (WEB)
His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.

Job 40:19 (WEB)
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

Job 40:20 (WEB)
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.

Job 40:21 (WEB)
He lies under the lotus trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.

Job 40:22 (WEB)
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

Job 40:23 (WEB)
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.

Job 40:24 (WEB)
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?
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