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¹ I am the Lord All-Powerful,
² but you have argued
    that I am wrong.
Now you must answer me.

³ Job said to the Lord:
⁴     Who am I to answer you?
⁵ I did speak once or twice,
    but never again.

⁶ Then out of the storm
    the Lord said to Job:
⁷ Face me and answer
    the questions I ask!
⁸ Are you trying to prove
that you are innocent
    by accusing me of injustice?
⁹ Do you have a powerful arm
and a thundering voice
    that compare with mine?
¹⁰ If so, then surround yourself
    with glory and majesty.
¹¹ Show your furious anger!
Throw down and crush
¹²     all who are proud and evil.
¹³ Wrap them in grave clothes
and bury them together
    in the dusty soil.
¹⁴ Do this, and I will agree
that you have won
    this argument.

¹⁵ I created both you
    and the hippopotamus.^[a]
It eats only grass like an ox,
¹⁶ but look at the mighty muscles
    in its body ¹⁷ and legs.
Its tail is like a cedar tree,
    and its thighs are thick.
¹⁸ The bones in its legs
    are like bronze or iron.

¹⁹ I made it more powerful
than any other creature,
    yet I am stronger still.
²⁰ Undisturbed, it eats grass
while the other animals
    play nearby.^[b]
21 It rests in the shade of trees
    along the riverbank
²² or hides among reeds
    in the swamp.
²³ It remains calm and unafraid
with the Jordan River rushing
    and splashing in its face.
²⁴ There is no way to capture
    a hippopotamus—
not even by hooking its nose
    or blinding its eyes.