Job 40:3-24

New International Version

⁴ “I am unworthy^(A)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.^(B)
5 I spoke once, but I have no answer^(C)—
    twice, but I will say no more.”^(D)

⁷ “Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.^(F)

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?^(G)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?^(H)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s,^(I)
    and can your voice^(J) thunder like his?^(K)
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
    and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.^(L)
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,^(M)
    look at all who are proud and bring them low,^(N)
12 look at all who are proud^(O) and humble them,^(P)
    crush^(Q) the wicked where they stand.
¹³ Bury them all in the dust together;^(R)
    shroud their faces in the grave.^(S)
14 Then I myself will admit to you
    that your own right hand can save you.^(T)

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth,
    which I made^(U) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.^(V)
16 What strength^(W) it has in its loins,
    what power in the muscles of its belly!^(X)
17 Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.^(Y)
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs^(Z) like rods of iron.^(AA)
19 It ranks first among the works of God,^(AB)
    yet its Maker^(AC) can approach it with his sword.^(AD)
20 The hills bring it their produce,^(AE)
    and all the wild animals play^(AF) nearby.^(AG)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds^(AH) in the marsh.^(AI)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream^(AJ) surround it.
²³ A raging river^(AK) does not alarm it;
    it is secure, though the Jordan^(AL) should surge against its mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
    or trap it and pierce its nose?^(AM)