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Job 40

1 Job, you challenged Almighty God; will you give up now, or will you answer?

1 The LORD said to Job:

3 I spoke foolishly, Lord. What can I answer? I will not try to say anything else.

3 Then Job answered the LORD:

5 I have already said more than I should.

5 I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”

6 Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job once again.

6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

7 Now stand up straight and answer my questions.

7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

8 Are you trying to prove that I am unjust - to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?

8 “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9 Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?

9 Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?

10 If so, stand up in your honor and pride; clothe yourself with majesty and glory.

10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11 Look at those who are proud; pour out your anger and humble them.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,

12 Yes, look at them and bring them down; crush the wicked where they stand.

12 look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them all in the ground; bind them in the world of the dead.

13 Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

14 Then I will be the first to praise you and admit that you won the victory yourself.

14 Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

15 Look at the monster Behemoth; I created him and I created you. He eats grass like a cow,

15 “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16 but what strength there is in his body, and what power there is in his muscles!

16 What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!

17 His tail stands up like a cedar, and the muscles in his legs are strong.

17 Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

18 His bones are as strong as bronze, and his legs are like iron bars.

18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.

19 The most amazing of all my creatures! Only his Creator can defeat him.

19 It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

20 Grass to feed him grows on the hills where wild beasts play.

20 The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.

21 He lies down under the thorn bushes, and hides among the reeds in the swamp.

21 Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22 The thorn bushes and the willows by the stream give him shelter in their shade.

22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.

23 He is not afraid of a rushing river; he is calm when the Jordan dashes in his face.

23 A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

24 Who can blind his eyes and capture him? Or who can catch his snout in a trap?

24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?