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Then Yahweh said to Job,
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“Do you still want to argue with me, God One? Since you criticize me, you should be able to answer my questions!”
Job's answer to God
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Then Job replied to Yahweh,
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“Now I realize that I am completely worthless. So how could I answer those questions? I will put my hand over my mouth and not say anything.
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I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
God's challenge to Job
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Then Yahweh again spoke to Job from inside a powerful storm. He said,
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“I want to ask you some questions, so act like a man and get ready to answer my questions.
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Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
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Do you have the same amount of power as I do? Can your voice sound as loud as thunder, as mine can?
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If you can do that, then put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
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Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right to humble people who are very proud!
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Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrily! Crush wicked people quickly!
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Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
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If you do that, I will congratulate you and say that truly you can save yourself by your own ability.
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Think also about hippopotamuses. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
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Their legs are very strong, and the muscles of their bellies are very powerful.
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Their tails are stiff like the branches of a cedar tree. The muscles of their thighs are close together.
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Their thigh bones are like tubes made of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars made of iron.
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Hippopotamuses are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
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On the hills grows food for them to eat while many other wild animals play nearby.
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They lie down in the water under the lotus plants; they hide in tall reeds in the swamps.
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The hippopotamuses find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by willow trees growing in the streams.
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They are not disturbed by raging, flooding rivers; they are not even disturbed when rivers like the Jordan River rush over them.
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No one can catch them with hooks or by piercing their noses with the teeth of a trap!
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