40:4 Job: Oh, I am so small. How can I reply to You? I’ll cover my mouth with my hand, for I’ve already said too much.
40:5 One time I have spoken, and I have no answer to give— two times, and I have nothing more to add.
40:6 The Eternal spoke to Job from the raging storm.
40:7 Eternal One: Now, prepare yourself and gather your courage like a warrior. Prepare yourself for the task at hand. I’ll be asking the questions, now— you will supply the answers.
40:8 Let Me ask you a new question: Would you go so far as to call into question My judgment? Would you imagine Me guilty merely in order to justify yourself?
40:9 Do you have an arm just as powerful as God’s and does your voice thunder as His does?
40:10 Then dress yourself up in majesty and dignity. Deck yourself out in honor and splendor
40:11 And indulge your anger. Unleash your wrath! Look down on each and every proud soul, and cut him low.
40:12 Look down on all who are proud, and humiliate them. Raise your mighty foot, and stomp the wicked where they stand.
40:13 Bury them all together in the dirt, and shroud their frozen faces in the secret recesses of the grave.
40:14 If you can execute all this, then I—yes, even I—will praise you, for your great and mighty right hand earned you the victory!
40:15 But before you undertake My challenge, turn your attention to Behemoth, The beast which I fashioned along with you. Eternal One: It eats grass like an ox.
40:16 Look carefully: it has a sturdy, muscular base and draws its power from its brawny core.
40:17 Its bends like a cedar, the sinews of its powerful thighs are woven tightly.
40:18 Its bones, unbreakable, are like tubes of bronze; its whole skeletal structure is like a framework of iron.
40:19 It is one of My most marvelous creations; only I, its Maker, can threaten its existence.
40:20 The hillsides offer it food as it grazes near where the wild animals bustle and play.
40:21 It lies beside the river under the shade of the lotus, hidden by the reeds of the marsh;
40:22 The lotus trees cover it with their shadows; the willows of the stream surround it.
40:23 It is not alarmed when the river rises and rages; it stands confident, firmly fixed, Even when the Jordan swells and rushes against it.
40:24 Can anyone capture this beast while it is watching or trap it and pierce its nose to haul it off?
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