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Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge

^40:1 Then the Lord answered Job:

^40:2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!” ^40:3 Then Job answered the Lord: ^40:4 “Indeed, I am completely unworthy —how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. ^40:5 I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”

The Lord’s Second Speech8

^40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

^40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you, and you will inform me. ^40:8 Would you indeed annul 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, 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 the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low. ^40:12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot. ^40:13 Hide them in the dust together; imprison them in the grave. ^40:14 Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.

The Description of Behemoth23

^40:15 “Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. ^40:16 Look at its strength in its loins and its power in the muscles of its belly. ^40:17 It makes its tail stiff 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. ^40:19 It ranks first among the works of God; the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. ^40:20 For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. ^40:21 Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. ^40:22 The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. ^40:23 If the river rages, it is not disturbed; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. ^40:24 Can anyone catch it by its eyes or pierce its nose with a snare?