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40:1  Then Adonai answered Job, saying:
40:2  “Will the one who contends with Shaddai correct him? Let him who accuses God answer!”
40:3  Then Job answered Adonai. He said:
40:4  “Indeed, I am unworthy—what can I reply to You? I put my hand over my mouth.
40:5  I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
40:6  Then Adonai answered Job from the whirlwind:
40:7  “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you will inform Me!
40:8  “Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
40:9  Do you have an arm like God’s and can you thunder with a voice like His?
40:10  Then adorn yourself in majesty and dignity; clothe yourself in splendor and honor.
40:11  Scatter the fury of your anger. Look at every proud personand bring him low;
40:12  look at everyone who is proud and humble him; tread down the wicked where they stand.
40:13  Hide them together in the dust bind their faces in the hidden place.
40:14  Then I—even I will acknowledge to you, that your own right hand can save you!
40:15  “Look now at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox.
40:16  Now look at his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
40:17  He stiffens his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
40:18  His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs like rods of iron.
40:19  He is first among the ways of God, Let his Maker draw near with His sword!
40:20  For the mountains bring him food, and all the wild animals play there.
40:21  Under the lotus plants he lies down, in the secrecy of the reeds and marsh.
40:22  The lotuses conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
40:23  If the river rages, he is not alarmed. He is secure, even though the Jordan surges against his mouth.
40:24  Can anyone capture it by its eyes, or pierce his nose with hooks?
40:25  “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a cord?
40:26  Can you put a reed rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
40:27  Will he make many supplications to you, or speak softly to you?
40:28  Will he make a covenant with you, so you can take him as a slave forever?