Job 40
1 Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,
God continued speaking to Job.
2 Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.
“Are you still going to fight with the Almighty and try to set him straight? Anyone who argues with God must give some answers.”
3 Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,
Job answered the Lord,
4 Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
“Me—I am nothing at all. I have no answers. I put my hand in front of my mouth.
5 Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.
I have already said far too much and I won't say anything more.”
6 Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind,
7 Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
“Prepare yourself, be strong, for I am going to question you, and you must answer me.
8 Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Are you really going to say my decisions are wrong? Are you going to condemn me so you can be right?
9 Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
Are you as powerful as I am? Does your voice thunder like mine?
10 Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Why don't you dress yourself with majesty and dignity, and clothe yourself with glory and splendor!
11 Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
Let loose your fierce anger. Humble the proud with a glance.
12 Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
Bring down the proud with your gaze; tread the wicked underfoot right where they are.
13 Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Bury them in the dust; lock them away in the grave.
14 Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
Then I will also agree that your own strength can save you.
15 Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
Consider Behemoth, a creature I made just like I made you. It eats grass like cattle.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Look at its powerful loins, the muscles of its belly.
17 When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
It bends its tail like a cedar; its thigh sinews are strong.
18 His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
Its bones are like bronze tubes; its limbs like iron rods.
19 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.
It is the most important example of what God can do; only the one who made it can approach it with a sword.
20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
The hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.
21 Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
It lies under the lotus; it hides in the reeds of the marsh.
22 Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
The lotus covers it with shade; the willow trees of the valley surround it.
23 Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
Even if the river is in flood, it is not concerned; it remains calm when the Jordan river surges against it.
24 Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
No one can catch it while it is watching, or pierce its nose with a noose.
