40:6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
40:7 “Get ready for a difficult task 2 like a man.
I will question you and you will inform me!
[40:6] 1 sn The speech can be divided into three parts: the invitation to Job to assume the throne and rule the world (40:7-14), the description of Behemoth (40:15-24), and the description of Leviathan (41:1-34).
[40:7] 2 tn See note on “task” in 38:3.