Job 40:6-14

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ “Brace yourself^[a]
    and get ready to answer the questions I will ask you.

⁸ “Are you trying to show that I am unfair?
    Are you trying to look innocent by saying that I am guilty?
⁹ Are your arms as strong as mine?
    Do you have a voice like mine that is as loud as thunder?
¹⁰ If so, you can be proud
    and wear glory and honor like clothes.
¹¹ If you are as powerful as God, then show your anger!
    Punish those who are proud and humble them.
¹² Yes, just look at the proud and make them humble.
    Crush those evil people where they stand.
¹³ Bury them all in the dirt.
    Wrap their bodies up and put them in their graves.
¹⁴ If you can do any of these things, then even I will praise you.
    And I will admit that you can save yourself by your own power.