Job, chapter 40

I Am the Lord All-Powerful

* I am the Lord All-PowerfulI,

²but you have argued that I am wrong.

Now you must answer me.

³Job said to the Lord:

⁴Who am I to answer you?

⁵I did speak once or twice, but never againI.

⁶Then out of the stormO

the Lord said to Job:

⁷Face me and answer the questions I ask!

⁸Are you trying to prove that you are innocent

by accusing me of injustice?

⁹Do you have a powerful arm and a thundering voice

that compare with mine?

The Lord asked Job, “Do you have a powerful arm and a thundering voice that compare with mine? If so, then surround yourself with glory and majesty.”

— Job 40.9,10

¹⁰If so, then surround yourself with glory and majesty.

* ¹¹Show your furious anger!

Throw down and crush ¹²all who are proud and evil.

¹³Wrap them in grave clothesO and bury them together

in the dusty soil.

¹⁴Do this, and I will agree that you have won this argumentI.

I Created You

¹⁵I created both you and the hippopotamus.*

It eats only grass like an ox,

¹⁶but look at the mighty muscles in its body ¹⁷and legs.

Its tail is like a cedar tree, and its thighs are thick.

¹⁸The bones in its legs are like bronze or ironO.

¹⁹I made it more powerful than any other creature,

yet I am stronger still.

²⁰Undisturbed, it eats grass

while the other animals play nearby.*

* ²¹It rests in the shade of trees along the riverbank

²²or hides among reeds in the swamp.

²³It remains calm and unafraid

with the Jordan RiverG rushing and splashing in its face.

²⁴There is no way to capture a hippopotamus—

not even by hooking its nose or blinding its eyesO.