Job Places His Hand over His Mouth
Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
2 “Will the faultfinder acontend with the Almighty?
Let him who breproves God answer it.”
3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
4 “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?
I aplace my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, and aI will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
Yahweh Will Ask Job
6 Then aYahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7 “Now agird up your loins like a man;
I will bask you, and you make Me know.
8 Will you really aannul My judgment?
Will you bcondemn Me cthat you may be justified?
9 Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you athunder with a voice like His?
10 “aAdorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,
And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
11 Pour out athe overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is bproud, and make him low.
12 Look on everyone who is proud, and ahumble him,
And btread down the wicked in their place.
13 aHide them in the dust together;
Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 Then I will also praise you,
That your own right hand can save you.
Behold the Behemoth
15 “Behold now, Behemoth, which aI made along with you;
It eats grass like an ox.
16 Behold now, its power in its loins
And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.
17 It hangs its tail like a cedar;
The sinews of its thighs are knit together.
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze;
Its limbs are like bars of iron.
19 “It is the afirst of the ways of God;
Let its bMaker bring near its sword.
20 Surely the mountains abring it food,
And all the beasts of the field bplay there.
21 Under the lotus plants it lies down,
In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.
22 The lotus plants cover it with shade;
The willows of the brook surround it.
23 If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;
It is secure, though the aJordan bursts forth to its mouth.
24 Can anyone capture it before its eyes,
With snares can anyone pierce its nose?