1Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said: 2Shall the one who contends with the Almighty find fault? He who reproves God, let him testify. 3Then Job answered Jehovah and said: 4Behold, I have been vile! What shall I answer You? I have put my hand to my mouth. 5Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further. 6Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said: 7Now gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare unto Me: 8Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me so that you may be justified? 9Have you an arm like the Mighty God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? 10Adorn yourself with majesty and grandeur, and clothe yourself with glory and honor. 11Scatter abroad the outburst of your anger; look upon everyone who is proud, and humiliate him. 12Look upon everyone who is proud, and humble him; tread down the wicked in their place. 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in darkness. 14Then I will also confess to you that your own right hand can save you. 15Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox. 16See now, his power is in his hips, and his strength 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 like channels of bronze, his ribs like bars of iron. 19He is the first of the ways of the Mighty God; only He who made him can bring near His sword. 20Surely the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there. 21He lies under the lotus, in the shelter of the reeds and marsh. 22The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him. 23If the river becomes violent he is not alarmed; he is confident, though the Jordan bursts forth against his mouth. 24Can anyone capture him before his eyes, or pierce his nose with snares?