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Job 40

The Lord asks Job if he can contend with God and questions his ability to judge or condemn Him. Job acknowledges his limitations and inability to respond. The Lord then describes the behemoth, a powerful creature He created, highlighting its immense strength and size, and notes that it is a wonder of God's creation, yet still subject to God's power.

1And the Lord continued, and he said to Job2Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him3Then Job answered the Lord, saying4What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth5One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more6But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said7Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me8Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified9And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder10Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments11Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them12Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place13Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit14Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you15Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox16His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen17He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together18His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron19He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword20The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there21He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places22The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him23Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth24He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes
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