Job 40
1 Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,
And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:
2 Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.
Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.
3 Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,
Then Job answered the Lord, saying:
4 Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.
5 Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.
6 Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
7 Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.
8 Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?
9 Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?
10 Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.
11 Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.
12 Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.
14 Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.
15 Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
17 When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.
18 His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.
19 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.
20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.
21 Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.
22 Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.
23 Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.
24 Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.
