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“Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”
“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!”
Let him who accuses God answer him!”
“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
“I am unworthy — how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
I put my hand over my mouth.
Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
I spoke once, but I have no answer —
twice, but I will say no more.”
twice, but I will say no more.”
God’s Challenge to Job
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
“Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
“Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
Do you have an arm like God’s,
and can your voice thunder like his?
and can your voice thunder like his?
Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
And array yourself with glory and beauty.
Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.
Tread down the wicked in their place.
look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.
crush the wicked where they stand.
Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.
Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.
shroud their faces in the grave.
Then I will also confess to you
That your own right hand can save you.
That your own right hand can save you.
Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
that your own right hand can save you.
“Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.
See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
And his power is in his stomach muscles.
What strength it has in its loins,
what power in the muscles of its belly!
what power in the muscles of its belly!
He moves his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
Its tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
His bones are like beams of bronze,
His ribs like bars of iron.
His ribs like bars of iron.
Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs like rods of iron.
its limbs like rods of iron.
He is the first of the ways of God;
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
Surely the mountains yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
And all the beasts of the field play there.
The hills bring it their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.
and all the wild animals play nearby.
He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
Under the lotus plants it lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.
The willows by the brook surround him.
The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround it.
the poplars by the stream surround it.
Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
A raging river does not alarm it;
it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.