Job 40.9
English standard version

Incapacité de Job à répondre

¹ And the Lord said to Job:
² Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer it.
³ Then Job answered the Lord and said:
⁴ Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
⁵ I have spoken once, and I will not answer;
twice, but I will proceed no further.

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⁶ Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
⁷ Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
⁸ Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?
⁹ Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?
¹⁰ Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
¹¹ Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.
¹² Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low
and tread down the wicked where they stand.
¹³ Hide them all in the dust together;
bind their faces in the world below.
¹⁴ Then will I also acknowledge to you
that your own right hand can save you.
¹⁵ Behold, Behemoth,
which I made as I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.
¹⁶ Behold, his strength in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
¹⁷ He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
¹⁸ His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.
¹⁹ He is the first of the works of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
²⁰ For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beasts play.
²¹ Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.
²² For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
the willows of the brook surround him.
²³ Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
²⁴ Can one take him by his eyes,
or pierce his nose with a snare?