1<\/sup>And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Then Job answered the Lord, saying:<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.<\/span> <\/p>\n