The Book of Job

And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest and said:

Now gird up your loins like a man, [and] I will question you; and you teach Me.

Will you also set aside My judgment; will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

And [have] you an arm like God; or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Adorn yourself with majesty now, and with grandeur, and clothe yourself with glory and honor;

pour forth the outbursts of your anger; yea, look on everyone who is proud, and bring him down low;

look on everyone [who is] proud, [and] humble him, and trample the wicked in their place;

hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in darkness.

Then I also will confess to you that your right hand can save you.

Now behold Behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;

see, now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force in the muscles of his belly;

he hangs his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together;

his bones [are like] tubes of bronze; his bones like bars of iron;

he [is] the first in the ways of God; his Maker brings near his sword.

For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.

He lies under the lotus, in the hiding-place of the reed and the marsh;

the lotus trees cover him [in] its shadow; the willows of the torrent circle him.

Behold, he is confident, even if Jordan burst forth against his mouth.

Shall [any] take him before [his] eyes, or pierce [his] nose with snares?

Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, or hold down his tongue with a cord?

Can you put a reed rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw with a thorn?

Will he multiply pleas for help to you; or will he speak soft words to you?

Will he cut a covenant with you; will you take him for a slave forever?

Will you play with him as with a bird; or will you tie him up for your maidens?

Shall [your] partners bargain over him; shall they divide him among the merchants?

Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fishing spears?

Put your hand on him; remember the battle; you will not do it again!

Behold, his hope has been made false; will he not be cast down at the sight of him?