40:1 Then the Lord answered Job:
40:2 “Will the one who contends 1 with the Almighty correct him? 2
Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
40:3 Then Job answered the Lord:
40:4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy 3 – how could I reply to you?
I put 4 my hand over my mouth to silence myself. 5
40:5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer;
twice, but I will say no more.” 6
40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task 8 like a man.
I will question you and you will inform me!
40:8 Would you indeed annul 9 my justice?
Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
40:9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, 10
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
40:10 Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency,
and clothe yourself with glory and honor!
40:11 Scatter abroad 11 the abundance 12 of your anger.
Look at every proud man 13 and bring him low;
40:12 Look at every proud man and abase him;
crush the wicked on the spot! 14
40:13 Hide them in the dust 15 together,
imprison 16 them 17 in the grave. 18
40:14 Then I myself will acknowledge 19 to you
that your own right hand can save you. 20
40:15 “Look now at Behemoth, 22 which I made as 23 I made you;
it eats grass like the ox.
40:16 Look 24 at its strength in its loins,
and its power in the muscles of its belly.
40:17 It makes its tail stiff 25 like a cedar,
the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
40:18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs like bars of iron.