Job 40:8-Job 41:34 - Yahweh Interrogates Job Again

⁸ Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous? ⁹ Do you have strength like God? Can you create thunder with a sound like he can?"

¹⁰ "When you have adorned yourself with exalted majesty, clothed yourself with splendor and dignity, ¹¹ dispensed the fury of your anger, made sure that you have humbled every proud person, ¹² stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are, ¹³ buried them in the dust together, and sent them bound to that secret place, ¹⁴ then I will applaud you myself! I'll admit that you can deliver yourself by your own efforts!"

¹⁵ "Please observe Behemoth, which I made along with you. He eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶ Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen. ¹⁷ His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength. ¹⁸ His bones are conduits of bronze; his strong bones are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the grandest of God's undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him with his sword. ²⁰ Mountains produce food for him, where all the wild animals frolic. ²¹ He lies under the lotus trees, hiding under reeds and marshes. ²² The lotus trees cover him with their shade, and willows that line the wadis surround him. ²³ What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows. ²⁴ Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"

¹ "Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? ² Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? ⁴ Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? ⁵ "Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? ⁶ Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? ⁷ Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? ⁸ Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again! ⁹ "Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. ¹⁰ No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? ¹¹ Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine.

¹² "I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. ¹³ Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? ¹⁴ Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! ¹⁵ His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. ¹⁶ Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. ¹⁷ Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. ¹⁸ "His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. ¹⁹ Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. ²⁰ Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. ²¹ His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. ²² "His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. ²³ There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. ²⁴ His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. ²⁵ When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. ²⁶ "Thrusting at him with a sword won't be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. ²⁷ He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. ²⁸ Arrows won't make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. ²⁹ Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. ³⁰ "Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. ³¹ He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. ³² The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. ³³ "There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. ³⁴ He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride."