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1Then Yahweh answered Job and said,[#Hebrew “And”]
2“Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai?
Anyone who argues with God must answer it.”
3So Job answered Yahweh and said,
4“Look, I am insignificant.
What shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
5Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
even twice, but I will not proceed.”
6Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,[#Or “And”]
7“Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man,[#Literally “Gird up like a man your loins”]
and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
8“Indeed, would you annul my justice?
Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
9Or do you have an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
10Adorn yourself with pride and dignity,[#The particle sometimes translated “please” is present, but an almighty God or sovereign king does not say “please” when commanding his subjects]
and clothe yourself with splendor.
11Pour out the overflowing of your anger,
and look at all the proud, and humble them.
12Look at all the proud, humble them,
and tread down the wicked where they stand.
13Hide them in the dust together;
bind their faces in the grave.
14And I will also praise you,
that your own right hand can save you.
15“Look, Behemoth, which I have made just as I made you;[#Some interpret as a hippopotamus]
it eats grass like the ox.
16Look, its strength is in its loins
and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
17It keeps its tail straight like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
18Its bones are tubes of copper,
its limbs like rods of iron.
19“It is the first of God’s actions;
the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.
20Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
and all wild animals play there.
21Under the lotus tree it lies,
in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
22The lotus trees cover it with their shade;
the wadi’s poplar trees surround it.
23Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;
it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
24Can anyone take it by its eyes?
Can he pierce its nose with a snare?