CLV(i)
1 So Yahweh answered Job and said:
2 Will one contending with Him Who Suffices admonish Him? The one reproving Eloah, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
4 Behold, I am slight; how can I reply to You? I place my hand upon my mouth.
5 I spoke once but shall not answer further, Twice, but I shall not continue.
6 So Yahweh answered Job from the tempest and said:
7 Belt up your loins then like a master; I shall ask of you, and you inform Me.
8 Indeed, would you ever quash My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you might be just?
9 Do you have an arm like El's? And can you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Ornament yourself then with pride and loftiness, And with splendor and honor you shall clothe yourself.
11 Scatter forth the ragings of your anger; Discern every proud one and abase him.
12 Discern every proud one and make him submit; Crush the wicked where they are.
13 Bury them in the soil together; Bind up their faces in the burial crypt.
14 Then even I Myself shall acclaim you, Because your right hand has brought salvation to you.
15 Behold now, the behemoth that I made as I did you; He eats grass like the ox.
16 Behold now his vigor in his waist, His virility in the muscles of his belly;"
17 He makes his tail taut like a cedar; The sinews of his awesome thighs are intertwined.
18 His bones are tubings of copper, His ribs like bars of iron.
19 He is the first of the ways of El; The One Who made him, He enclosed in him his sword.
20 Indeed the hills bear fodder for him, And all the wild animals of the field gambol there.
21 Under the lotuses he lies In the concealment of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotuses overshadow him for his shade; The oleanders of the watercourse surround him.
23 If the stream threatens he does not hurry away; He is trusting even if Jordan rushes forth up to his mouth.
24 Can anyone take him by his eyes Or pierce his nose with a trap?