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.