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40:1  Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
40:2  “Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it.”
40:3  So Job answered Yahweh and said,
40:4  “Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
40:5  Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; even twice, but I will not proceed.”
40:6  Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
40:7  “Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
40:8  “Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
40:9  Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
40:10  Adorn yourself with pride and dignity, and clothe yourself with splendor.
40:11  Pour out the overflowing of your anger, and look at all the proud, and humble them.
40:12  Look at all the proud, humble them, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
40:13  Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the grave.
40:14  And I will also praise you, that your own right hand can save you.
40:15  “Look, Behemoth, which I have made just as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.
40:16  Look, its strength is in its loins and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
40:17  It keeps its tail straight like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
40:18  Its bones are tubes of copper, its limbs like rods of iron.
40:19  “It is the first of God’s actions; the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.
40:20  Yes, the mountains yield produce for it, and all wild animals play there.
40:21  Under the lotus tree it lies, in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
40:22  The lotus trees cover it with their shade; the wadi’s poplar trees surround it.
40:23  Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
40:24  Can anyone take it by its eyes? Can he pierce its nose with a snare?