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Job 40
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
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World English Bible · 2000
2Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
3Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
3Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
4And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
4Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I 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.
6Then 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 thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
9Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
9Or hast thou an arm like God? And 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 excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
11His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon 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, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hiddenplace.
14He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
14Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.
15To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
15Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.
16He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
16Lo 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 moveth his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
18His bones areastubes of brass; His limbs 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 of the ways of God: Heonlythat made him giveth him his sword.
20Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
21Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
21He lieth under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
22Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
23Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
23Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
24Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
24Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?