Episode 167: I am God the great and powerful. Who are you?

Job 38-41

God speaks to Job from a whirlwind

38 ¹ Then God answered Job from out of a whirlwind, saying,

³ Gird up your loins like a man, and answer some of my questions.

⁴ Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?

⁵ Who measured the earth by stretching a line upon it?

⁶ Upon what are the earth's foundations? Who laid the cornerstone?

⁷ Where were you when the morning stars sang and the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸ Who shut up the sea doors, as though it had issued out of the womb?

¹⁰ Who set bars and doors on the sea, saying, "This far you can come, but no further."

¹³ Can you grab hold of the ends of the earth and shake the wicked people out of it?

¹⁶ Have you walked in the deepest part of the sea or had the gates of death opened for you?

¹⁸ Do you know the size of the earth?

¹⁹ Do you know where light and darkness dwell?

²¹ Surely you know all this since you were here when it was created, and you've lived so long.

^22-23 Have you seen where snow and rain are stored for use in times of war?

²⁹ And out of whose womb comes the ice and the hoary frost of heaven?

³¹ Can you bind the Pleiades or untie the stars in Orion?

³⁵ Can you send lightning bolts that say to you, "Here we are"?

³⁷ Can you count the clouds or spill the bottles of heaven?

³⁹ Can you find prey for lions?

39 ¹ Do you know when wild goats give birth?

² Do you know their gestation period?

⁵ Who set the wild ass free?

⁹ Will the unicorn be willing to serve you?

¹³ Did you give the peacocks their wings?

Or feathers to the ostrich?

¹⁹ Did you give the horse its strength, or clothe its neck with thunder?

40 ¹ God asked Job,

² Can someone who argues with the Almighty instruct him?

³ Job answered,

What can I say? I'm vile. My hand is on my mouth.

I spoke before, but I won't answer again.

⁶ God said,

Gird up your loins like a man and answer me.

⁸ Will you deny my judgment and condemn me, so that you can be righteous?

⁹ Do you have an arm like mine?

Can you make your voice as thunderous as mine?

¹² Can you ruin the proud, walk on the wicked, and bury them in the dust?

¹⁴ If so, then I give up. You win

The behemoth

¹⁵ Consider the behemoth.

¹⁶ His strength is in his loins and his force is in his navel.

¹⁹ I made the behemoth, and I'm even stronger than him.

The Leviathan

41 ¹ Can you catch the Leviathan with a hook, or catch his tongue with a line?

² Can you put a hook in his nose, or drill a hole through his jaw with a thorn?

³ Does he speak soft words to you?

⁴ Does he agree to serve you forever?

⁵ Do you play with him like a bird?

⁷ Can you fill his skin with barbed wire, or his head with fish spears?

⁹ No one is strong enough to stand up before him.

¹⁰ Who then, can stand up to me?/p>

¹¹ I'm stronger than everyone else. And everything is mine.

¹² I won't hide the Leviathan's powerful parts.

¹³ Who can even look at his clothes or double bridle?

¹⁴ He has terrible teeth.

¹⁵ He’s proud of his scales.

¹⁸ A light shines when he sneezes.

¹⁹ Burning lamps and sparks of fire leap out of his mouth.

²⁰ Smoke comes out of his nose.

²⁴ His heart is as hard as a stone.

²⁵ When he comes around, everyone runs away.

²⁷ To him, iron is like straw, and brass like rotten wood.

²⁸ Arrows and slingshots don't scare him.

²⁹ He laughs at darts and shaking spears.

³³ Nobody's like him. He's fearless.

³⁴ He sees everything and is king over everyone.