40:4 "I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
40:5 I spoke once, but I can't answer; I tried a second time, but I won't do so anymore."
40:6 The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:
40:7 "Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!
40:8 Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?
40:9 Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"
40:10 "When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty, clothed yourself with splendor and dignity,
40:11 dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person,
40:12 stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are,
40:13 buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place,
40:14 then I will applaud you myself! I'll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!"
40:15 "Please observe Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.
40:16 Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen.
40:17 His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.
40:18 His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron.
40:19 He is the grandest of God's undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him with his sword.
40:20 Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic.
40:21 He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes.
40:22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him.
40:23 What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.
40:24 Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"
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