Job 40

International Children’s Bible

² “Will the person who argues with God All-Powerful correct him?
    Let the person who accuses God answer him!”

⁴ “I am not worthy. I cannot answer you anything.
    I will put my hand over my mouth.
⁵ I spoke one time, but I will not answer again.
    I even spoke two times, but I will say nothing more.”

⁷ “Be strong, like a man.
    I will ask you questions.
    And you must answer me.
⁸ Would you say that I am unfair?
    Would you blame me to make yourself look right?
⁹ Are you as strong as God?
    And can your voice thunder like his?
¹⁰ If so, then decorate yourself with glory and beauty.
    And put on honor and greatness as if they were clothing.
¹¹ Let your great anger punish.
    Look at everyone who is proud and make him feel unimportant.
¹² Look at everyone who is proud and bring him under your control.
    Crush the wicked wherever they are.
¹³ Bury them all in the dirt together.
    Cover their faces in the grave.
¹⁴ If you can do that, then I myself will praise you
    because you are strong enough to save yourself.

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth.^[a]
    I made him just as I made you.
    He eats grass like an ox.
¹⁶ Look at the strength he has in his body.
    The muscles of his stomach are powerful!
¹⁷ His tail extends like a cedar tree.
    The muscles of his thighs are woven together.
¹⁸ His bones are like tubes of bronze metal.
    His legs are like bars of iron.
¹⁹ He is one of the first of God’s works.
    But God, his Maker, can destroy him.
²⁰ The hills, where the wild animals play,
    provide food for him.
²¹ He lies under the lotus plants
    hidden by the tall grass in the swamp.
²² The lotus plants hide him in their shadow.
    The poplar trees by the streams surround him.
²³ If the river floods, he will not be afraid.
    He is not afraid even if the Jordan River rushes to his mouth.
²⁴ Can anyone blind his eyes and capture him?
    Can anyone put hooks in his nose?