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Job 40 (AMP)

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¹ MOREOVER, THE Lord said to Job, ² Shall he who would find fault with the Almighty contend with Him? He who disputes with God, let him answer it. ³ Then Job replied to the Lord: ⁴ Behold, I am of small account and vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth. ⁵ I have spoken once, but I will not reply again--indeed, twice , but I will proceed no further. ⁶ Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying, ⁷ Gird up your loins now like a man; I will demand of you, and you answer Me. ⁸ Will you also annul (set aside and render void) My judgment? Will you condemn Me , that you may righteous and justified? ⁹ Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? ¹⁰ deck yourself now with the excellency and dignity , and array yourself with honor and majesty. ¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him; ¹² Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand . ¹³ hide them all in the dust together; shut them up . ¹⁴ then will I praise you also your own right hand can save you. ¹⁵ Behold now the behemoth (the hippopotamus), which I created as I did you; he eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶ See now, his strength is in his loins, and his power is in the sinews of his belly. ¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together . ¹⁸ His bones are like tubes of bronze; his limbs are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ is the first of the works of God ; He Who made him provides him with his . ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him food, where all the wild animals play. ²¹ He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reeds in the marsh. ²² The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook compass him about. ²³ Behold, if a river is violent and overflows, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan swells and rushes against his mouth. ²⁴ Can any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?