Job 40
1 Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,
And YHWH answers Job and says:
2 Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
3 Then Iob answered the Lord, saying,
And Job answers YHWH and says:
4 Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on 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, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
6 Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
7 Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
8 Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
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? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
10 Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
12 Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
15 Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
17 When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
18 His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar 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] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
22 Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
23 Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
24 Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
