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Job 40 (CEV)

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¹ I am the LORD All-Powerful, ² but you have argued that I am wrong. Now you must answer me. ³ Job said to the LORD: ⁴ Who am I to answer you? ⁵ I did speak once or twice, but never again. ⁶ Then out of the storm the LORD said to Job: ⁷ Face me and answer the questions I ask! ⁸ Are you trying to prove that you are innocent by accusing me of injustice? ⁹ Do you have a powerful arm and a thundering voice that compare with mine? ¹⁰ If so, then surround yourself with glory and majesty. ¹¹ Show your furious anger! Throw down and crush ¹² all who are proud and evil. ¹³ Wrap them in grave clothes and bury them together in the dusty soil. ¹⁴ Do this, and I will agree that you have won this argument. ¹⁵ I created both you and the hippopotamus. It eats only grass like an ox, ¹⁶ but look at the mighty muscles in its body ¹⁷ and legs. Its tail is like a cedar tree, and its thighs are thick. ¹⁸ The bones in its legs are like bronze or iron. ¹⁹ I made it more powerful than any other creature, yet I am stronger still. ²⁰ Undisturbed, it eats grass while the other animals play nearby. ²¹ It rests in the shade of trees along the riverbank ²² or hides among reeds in the swamp. ²³ It remains calm and unafraid with the Jordan River rushing and splashing in its face. ²⁴ There is no way to capture a hippopotamus-- not even by hooking its nose or blinding its eyes.