¹ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, ² will he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. ³ Then Job answered the LORD, and said, ⁴ See, I am vile; what will I answer you? I will lay mine hand on my mouth. ⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further. ⁶ Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ⁷ Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you to me. ⁸ Will you also disannul my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous? ⁹ Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰ Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency and array yourself with glory and beauty. ¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and see every one that is proud, and abase him. ¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ¹³ Hide them in the dust together and bind their faces in secret. ¹⁴ Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you. ¹⁵ See now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox. ¹⁶ Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ¹⁸ His bones are as strong pieces of brass his bones are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him]. ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forward food, where all the beasts of the field play. ²¹ He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. ²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow the willows of the brook compass him about. ²³ See, he drinks up a river, and hurried not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. ²⁴ He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares.