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¹ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said:² Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it. ³ Then Job answered the LORD, and said:⁴ Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.⁵ Once have I spoken, but I will not answer again; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.⁸ Wilt thou even make void My judgment? Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?⁹ Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon 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; bind their faces in the hidden place.¹⁴ Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.¹⁶ Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body.¹⁷ He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.¹⁸ His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.¹⁹ He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.²¹ He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.²² The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.²³ Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; he is confident, though the Jordan rush forth to his mouth.²⁴ Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare?

²⁵ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

²⁶ Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?

²⁷ Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

²⁸ Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

²⁹ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

³⁰ Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

³¹ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?

³² Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.