Yahweh Interrogates Job Again

• 8 “Indeed, would you annul my justice?
• Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
• 9 Or do you have an arm like God,
• and can you thunder with a voice like his?
• 10 Adorn[fn] yourself with pride and dignity,
• and clothe yourself with splendor.
• 11 Pour out the overflowing of your anger,
• and look at all the proud, and humble them.
• 12 Look at all the proud, humble them,
• and tread down the wicked where they stand .[fn]
• 13 Hide them in the dust together;
• bind their faces in the grave.
• 14 And I will also praise you,
• that your own right hand can save you.
• 15 “Look, Behemoth,[fn] which I have made just as I made you;
• it eats grass like the ox.
• 16 Look, its strength is in its loins
• and its power in the muscles of its stomach.
• 17 It keeps its tail straight like a cedar;
• the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.
• 18 Its bones are tubes of copper,
• its limbs like rods of iron.
• 19 “It is the first of God’s actions;
• the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.[fn]
• 20 Yes, the mountains yield produce for it,
• and all wild animals[fn] play there.
• 21 Under the lotus tree it lies,
• in the hiding place of the reeds and in the marsh.
• 22 The lotus trees cover it with their shade;
• the wadi’s[fn] poplar trees surround it.
• 23 Look, if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened;
• it is confident even though the Jordan rushes against its mouth.
• 24 Can anyone take it by its eyes?
• Can he pierce its nose with a snare?


• 41 [fn] “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
• Or[fn] can you tie down its mouth with a cord ?[fn]
• 2 Can you put a rope in its nose?
• Or[fn] can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?
• 3 Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you?
• Or will it speak gentle words to you?
• 4 Will it make a covenant with you?
• Will you take it as a slave forever?
• 5 Will you play with it as with birds
• and put it on a leash for your girls?
• 6 Will guildsmen bargain over it?
• Will they divide it between tradesmen?
• 7 Can you fill its kin with harpoons
• or[fn] its head with fish spears?
• 8 Lay your hands on it;
• think about the battle—you will not do it again!
• 9 “Look, the hope of capturing it[fn] is false.
• Will one be hurled down even at its sight?
• 10 Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it?
• Who then is he who would stand before it ?[fn]
• 11 Who has come to confront me, that[fn] I should repay him?
• Under all the heavens, it belongs to me .[fn]
• 12 “I will not keep quiet concerning its limbs
• or[fn] concerning the extent of its might and the gracefulness of its frame.
• 13 Who can strip off its outer covering ?[fn]
• Who can penetrate its double harness?
• 14 Who can open the doors of its face?
• Its teeth all around are fearsome.
• 15 Its back[fn] has scales of shields;
• it is shut up closely as with a seal.
• 16 They are close to one another —[fn]
• even[fn] the air cannot come between them.
• 17 They are joined one to another ;[fn]
• they cling together and cannot be separated.
• 18 “Its snorting flashes forth light,
• and its eyes are red like dawn .[fn]
• 19 Torches go from its mouth;
• sparks of fire shoot out.
• 20 Smoke comes from its nostrils
• as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes.
• 21 Its breath kindles charcoal,
• and a flame comes from its mouth.
• 22 “Strength abides in its neck,
• and dismay[fn] dances before it .[fn]
• 23 Its flesh’s folds of skin cling together;
• it is cast on it—it will not be moved.
• 24 Its heart is cast as stone;
• yes,[fn] it is cast as the lower millstone.
• 25 When it raises itself ,[fn] the mighty ones are terrified;
• they retreat because of its thrashing.
• 26 Reaching it with the sword does not avail,
• nor with the spear, the dart, or[fn] the javelin.
• 27 It regards iron as straw,
• bronze as rotten wood.
• 28 An arrow[fn] will not make it flee;
• sling stones are turned to stubble for it.
• 29 Clubs are regarded as stubble,
• and it laughs at the short sword’s rattle.
• 30 “Its underparts are shards of a potsherd;
• it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.
• 31 It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot;
• it makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
• 32 Behind it, it leaves a glistening wake ;[fn]
• one would think that the deep has gray hair.
• 33 “ On the ground it has no equal[fn]—
• a[fn] creature without fear.
• 34 It observes all the lofty;
• it is king over all that are proud .”[fn]