1 Moreover the Lord Job 38:1 answered Job, and said:2 “Shall Job 9:3; 10:2; 33:13 the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who Job 13:3; 23:4 rebukes God, let him answer it.”3 Job’s Response to God Then Job answered the Lord and said:4 “Behold, Ezra 9:6; Job 42:6 I am vile; What shall I answer You? Job 29:9; Ps. 39:9 I lay my hand over my mouth.5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”6 God’s Challenge to Job Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:7 “Now Job 38:3 prepare yourself like a man; Job 42:4 I will question you, and you shall answer Me:8 “Would Job 16:11; 19:6; (Ps. 51:4; Rom. 3:4) you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?9 Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with Job 37:4; (Ps. 29:3, 4) a voice like His?10 Ps. 93:1; 104:1 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty.11 Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.12 Look on everyone who is 1 Sam. 2:7; (Is. 2:12; 13:11); Dan. 4:37 proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.13 Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in hidden darkness.14 Then I will also confess to you That your own right hand can save you.15 “Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; He eats grass like an ox.16 See now, his strength is in his hips, And his power is in his stomach muscles.17 He moves his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.18 His bones are like beams of bronze, His ribs like bars of iron.19 He is the first of the Job 26:14 ways of God; Only He who made him can bring near His sword.20 Surely the mountains Ps. 104:14 yield food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.21 He lies under the lotus trees, In a covert of reeds and marsh.22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade; The willows by the brook surround him.23 Indeed the river may rage, Yet he is not disturbed; He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,24 Though he takes it in his eyes, Or one pierces his nose with a snare.