Ayub 40
Moreover Allah answered Ayub,
2"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it."
3Then Ayub answered Allah,
4"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer
you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
5I have spoken once, and I will not
answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
6Then Allah answered Ayub out of the whirlwind,
7"Now brace yourself like a man.
I will question you, and you will answer me.
8Will you even annul my judgment?
Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9Or have you an arm like God?
Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10"Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity.
Array yourself with honour and majesty.
11Pour forth the fury of your anger.
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12Look on everyone who is proud, and
humble him.
Crush the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together.
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14Then 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.
16Look now, his strength is in his loins,
His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17He moves his tail like a cedar:
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18His bones are like tubes of bronze.
His limbs are like bars of iron.
19He is the chief of the ways of God.
He who made him gives him his sword.
20Surely the mountains bring him forth
food,
Where all the animals of the field do play.
21He lies under the lotus trees,
In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22The lotuses cover him with their shade.
The willows of the brook surround him.
23Behold, if a river overflows, he does
not tremble.
He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his
mouth.
24Shall any take him when he is on the
watch,
Or pierce through his nose with a snare?