Job Humbles Himself before the LORD

1And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:

2Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.

3Then Job answered the Lord, saying:

4What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

5One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.

The LORD Challenges Job Again

6But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

7Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

8Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

9And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

10Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

11Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

12Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

13Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

14Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

15Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

16His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

17He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

18His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

20The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

21He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

22The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

23Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

24He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.