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Job 40

¹And the LORD said to Job:

²"Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

³Then Job answered the LORD:

⁴"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."

⁶Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

⁷"Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me.

⁸Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

⁹Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰"Deck yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor.

¹¹Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹²Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.

¹⁴Then will I also acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can give you victory.

¹⁵"Behold, Be'hemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

¹⁹"He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword!

²⁰For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.

²¹Under the lotus plants he lies, in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.

²²For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him.

²³Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.

²⁴Can one take him with hooks, or pierce his nose with a snare?

Job 40 (RSV)

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