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40:1  Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
40:2  “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it.”
40:3  Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
40:4  “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
40:5  Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”
40:6  Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
40:7  “Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make Me know.
40:8  Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
40:9  Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
40:10  “Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness, And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
40:11  Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
40:12  Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
40:13  Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.
40:14  Then I will also praise you, That your own right hand can save you.
40:15  “Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; It eats grass like an ox.
40:16  Behold now, its power in its loins And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.
40:17  It hangs its tail like a cedar; The sinews of its thighs are knit together.
40:18  Its bones are tubes of bronze; Its limbs are like bars of iron.
40:19  “It is the first of the ways of God; Let its Maker bring near its sword.
40:20  Surely the mountains bring it food, And all the beasts of the field play there.
40:21  Under the lotus plants it lies down, In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.
40:22  The lotus plants cover it with shade; The willows of the brook surround it.
40:23  If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed; It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.
40:24  Can anyone capture it before its eyes, With snares can anyone pierce its nose?