God responds to Job, questioning his ability to judge and condemn Him, and challenges Job to demonstrate his power by scattering the arrogant and humbling them. God then describes the behemoth, a powerful creature He created, and its immense strength and abilities. God also mentions the leviathan, another powerful creature, and asks Job if he can control or dominate it, implying that Job is no match for God's creations.
1 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said 2 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me 3 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified 4 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder 5 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments 6 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them 7 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place 8 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit 9 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you 10 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox 11 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen 12 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together 13 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron 14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword 15 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there 16 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places 17 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him 18 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth 19 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes 20 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord 21 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band 22 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly 23 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever 24 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids 25 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him 26 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes 27 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more 28 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down