1. Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
2. “Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it.”
3. So Job answered Yahweh and said,
4. “Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5. Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; even twice, but I will not proceed.”
6. Then Yahweh answered Job from the storm, and he said,
7. “Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
8. “Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?
9. Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?