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[1] And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :
[2] Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
[3] Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
[4] And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
[5] Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
[6] Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
[7] Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.
[8] Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
[9] Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
[10] Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
[11] His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
[12] He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
[13] His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
[14] He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
[15] To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play.
[16] He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
[17] The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
[18] Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
[19] In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
[20] Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
[21] Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
[22] Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
[23] Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
[24] Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
[25] Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
[26] Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
[27] Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more.
[28] Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
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