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  • 1. Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
  • 2. "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
  • 3. Then Job answered Yahweh,
  • 4. "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
  • 5. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
  • 6. Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
  • 7. "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
  • 8. Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
  • 9. Or 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.
  • 11. Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
  • 12. Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
  • 13. Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
  • 14. Then 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.
  • 16. Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
  • 17. He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
  • 18. His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
  • 19. He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
  • 20. Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
  • 21. He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
  • 22. The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
  • 23. Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
  • 24. Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?