Job 40

ISV^{(i) 1} The LORD Challenges Job AgainThe LORD continued his response to Job by saying: ² “Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God’s accuser answer.”
³ Job Acknowledges His LimitationsThen Job replied to the LORD. He said: ⁴ “I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I’m speechless. ⁵ I spoke once, but I can’t answer; I tried a second time, but I won’t do so anymore.”
⁶ The LORD Continues to Interrogate JobThe LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him: ⁷ “Stand up like a man! I’ll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers! ⁸ Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you’re righteous? ⁹ Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?”
¹⁰ Can You Save Yourself?“When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty, clothed yourself with splendor and dignity, ¹¹ dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person, ¹² stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are, ¹³ buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place, ¹⁴ then I will applaud you myself! I’ll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!”
¹⁵ On Behemoth“Please observe Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶ Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen. ¹⁷ His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength. ¹⁸ His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the grandest of God’s undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him with his sword. ²⁰ Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic. ²¹ He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes. ²² The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him. ²³ What you see as a raging river doesn’t alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows. ²⁴ Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?”