✧Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, ✧2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. ✧3Then Job answered the LORD, and said, ✧4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. ✧5Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. ✧6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ✧7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. ✧8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? ✧9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? ✧10Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. ✧11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him. ✧12Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ✧13Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret. ✧14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. ✧15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. ✧16Lo now, his strength [is] in his loins, and his force [is] in the navel of his belly. ✧17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ✧18His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron. ✧19He [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him]. ✧20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ✧21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. ✧22The shady trees cover him [with] their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. ✧23Behold, he drinketh up a river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. ✧24He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.