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Job 40
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
2Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
2Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reprovethGod, let him answer it.
3Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
3And Job answered Jehovah and said,
4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
4Behold, I am nought: what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
5Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high, and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.
6Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
6And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
7Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,
7Gird up now thy loins like a man: I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.
8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
8Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous?
9Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
9Hast thou an arm likeGod? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
10Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
12He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place:
13His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
14Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.
15To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
15See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
16He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
17The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
17He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
18Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
18His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
19In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
19He is the chief ofGod's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
20Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
20For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
21He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
22Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
22Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
23Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
23Lo, the river overfloweth — he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
24Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
24Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through [his] nose in the trap?