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.”Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13; Is 45:9Job 13:3; 23:4; 31:35
3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
Yahweh Will Ask Job
6 Then aYahweh answered Job out of the 1whirlwind and said,Job 38:1Or storm
7 “Now agird up your loins like a man;I will bask you, and you make Me know.Job 38:3Job 38:3; 42:48 “Will you really aannul My judgment?Will you bcondemn Me cthat you may be justified?Rom 3:4Job 10:3, 7; 16:11; 19:6; 27:2Job 13:18; 27:69 “Or do you have an arm like God,And can you athunder with a voice like His?Job 37:5; Ps 29:3
10 “aAdorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.Ps 93:1; 104:111 “Pour out athe overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is bproud, and make him low.Is 42:25; Nah 1:6, 8Is 2:12; Dan 4:3712 “Look on everyone who is proud, and ahumble him,And btread down the wicked 1in their place.Lit under them1 Sam 2:7; Is 2:12; 13:11; Dan 4:37Is 63:313 “aHide them in the dust together;Bind their faces in the hidden place.Is 2:10-1214 “Then I will also praise you,That your own right hand can save you.
Behold the Behemoth
15 “Behold now, 1Behemoth, which aI made along with you;It eats grass like an ox.Hippopotamus, dinosaur, or other; lit great beastJob 40:1916 “Behold now, its power in its loinsAnd 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 1limbs are like bars of iron.Lit bones
19 “It is the afirst of the ways of God;Let its bMaker bring near its sword.Job 41:33Job 40:1520 “Surely the mountains abring it food,And all the beasts of the field bplay there.Ps 104:14Ps 104:2621 “Under the lotus plants it lies down,In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.22 “The lotus plants cover it with 1shade;The willows of the brook surround it.Lit his shade23 “If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;It is secure, though the aJordan bursts forth to its mouth.Gen 13:1024 “Can anyone capture it before its eyes,With snares can anyone pierce its nose?