¹And Yahweh answered Job and said:

²Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? The one who corrects God, let him answer it.

³And Job answered Yahweh and said:

⁴Behold, I am of little account; what can I give back to you? I lay my hand over my mouth.

⁵Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; twice, and I will not add more.

⁶And Yahweh answered Job from the whirlwind and said:

⁷Gird up your loins now like a man; I will ask you, and you make it known to me.

⁸Would you even annul my justice? Would you condemn me as guilty so that you may be in the right?

⁹Or do you have an arm like God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹⁰Adorn yourself now with majesty and height, and clothe yourself in splendor and honor.

¹¹Scatter the outbursts of your anger, and see every arrogant one and bring him low.

¹²See every arrogant one and humble him, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

¹³Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹⁴Then I too will give thanks to you, because your right hand can save you.

¹⁵Look now at Behemoth, whom I made along with you; he eats grass like cattle.

¹⁶Look now, his strength is in his loins, and his vigor in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷He bends his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are intertwined.

¹⁸His bones are channels of bronze, his frame like a wrought-metal rod of iron.

¹⁹He is the first of God's ways; the one who made him brings near his sword.

²⁰For the mountains carry their produce to him, and all the living creatures of the field play there.

²¹Under the lotus plants he lies down, in the hiding place of the reed and the swamp.

²²The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the wadi surround him.

²³Behold, the river oppresses, and he does not panic; he trusts, though the Jordan bursts forth to his mouth.

²⁴Can anyone take him while his eyes watch, or pierce his nose with snares?