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¹MOREOVER, Yahvah answered Job, and said, ²Many are the counsels of God; he who reprimands God must answer for it. ³Then Job answered Yahvah, and said, ⁴Look, I am unworthy; what will I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth. ⁵Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.

⁶Then Yahvah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, ⁷Gird up your loins now like a man; I will question you, and you will declare to me. ⁸Will you cancel my judgment? Will you even condemn me, that you may be justified? ⁹Do you have an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty. ¹¹Cast away the rage of your wrath; and look on everyone who is proud, and demean him; ¹²And cast the sinners into their place. ¹³Bury them in the earth together; cover their faces with fine dust. ¹⁴Then I will also give you credit when your own right hand has saved you.

¹⁵Look now the hippopotamus which I made for you; he eats grass like an ox. ¹⁶Look, his strength is in his loins, and his tail stands erect like a cedar tree. ¹⁷The sinews of his thighs bulge out. ¹⁸His bones are strong as pieces of brass; yes, they are like bars of iron. ¹⁹He is the chief among God's creations; for he made him powerful to fight. ²⁰He roams about the mountains, and all the wild animals of the field lie down under his protection. ²¹He lurks in the cover of reeds, he couches as a lion. ²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook encircle him. ²³Look, if he plunges into the river, he is not afraid; he is confident, though the Jordan reaches to his mouth. ²⁴Can one take him with a hook, or catch him with a net? Can one snare him in a trap, or can one bind his tongue with a rope?