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Job 40

¹The LORD said to Job:

²“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”

³Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴“I am unworthy — how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

⁵I spoke once, but I have no answer — twice, but I will say no more.”

⁶Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

⁷“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

⁸“Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

⁹Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?

¹⁰Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

¹¹Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

¹²look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.

¹³Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

¹⁴Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

¹⁵“Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁶What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!

¹⁷Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

²⁰The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

²¹Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

²²The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

²³A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

²⁴Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?