1Moreover Yahweh answered Job, and said, 2Will he who criticizes contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it. 3Then Job answered Yahweh, and said, 4Look, I am of small account; What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further. 6Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7Gird up your loins now like a [noble] man: I will demand of you, and you declare to me. 8Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified? 9Or do you have an arm like God? And can you thunder with a voice like him? 10Deck yourself now with excellency and dignity; And array yourself with honor and majesty. 11Pour forth the overflowings of your anger; And look at everyone who is proud, and abase him. 12Look at everyone who is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand. 13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place]. 14Then I will also confess of you That your own right hand can save you. 15Now look at behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass as an ox. 16See now, his strength is in his loins, And his force is in the muscles of his belly. 17He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together. 18His bones are [as] tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. 19He is the chief of the ways of God: [Only] he who made him brings his sword near. 20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field play. 21He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen. 22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook circle him about. 23Look, if a river overflows, he does not tremble; He is confident, though a Jordan swells even to his mouth. 24Will any take him before his eyes, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?