Job 40
1 Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,
And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
2 Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.
Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
3 Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,
And Job answered and said to the Lord,
4 Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5 Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
6 Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
7 Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
8 Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?
9 Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
10 Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
11 Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
12 Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
13 Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
14 Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
[Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].
15 Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
18 His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
19 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.
This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
21 Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
22 Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
23 Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
24 Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
[Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
