Job 40.17
New International Version

Incapacité de Job à répondre

¹ The Lord said to Job:

² “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!”
³ Then Job answered the Lord:

⁴ “I am unworthy — how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.

⁵ I spoke once, but I have no answer —
twice, but I will say no more.”

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⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:

⁷ “Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.

⁸ “Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

⁹ Do you have an arm like God’s,
and can your voice thunder like his?

¹⁰ Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

¹¹ Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,

¹² look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.

¹³ Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.

¹⁴ Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.

¹⁵ “Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.

¹⁶ What strength it has in its loins,
what power in the muscles of its belly!

¹⁷ Its tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.

¹⁸ Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs like rods of iron.

¹⁹ It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.

²⁰ The hills bring it their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.

²¹ Under the lotus plants it lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

²² The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround it.

²³ A raging river does not alarm it;
it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

²⁴ Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
or trap it and pierce its nose?