CHAP. XL.
Of the power of God in the
behemoth and the leviathan.
1 And the Lord answering
Job out of the
whirl-wind, said:
2 Gird up thy loins like a
man: I will ask thee, and do
thou tell me.
3 Wilt thou make void my
judgment: and condemn me,
that thou mayst be justified?
4 And hast thou an arm
like God, and canst thou
thunder with a voice like him?
5 Cloth thyself with beauty,
and set thyself up on high,
and be glorious, and put on
goodly garments.
6 Scatter the proud in thy
indignation, and behold every
arrogant man, and humble
him.
7 Look on all that are
proud, and confound them,
and crush the wicked in their
place.
8 Hide them in the dust
together, and plunge their
faces into the pit.
9 Then I will confess that
thy right hand is able to save
thee.
10 Behold note behemoth
whom I made with thee, he
eateth grass like an ox.
11 His strength is in his
loins, and his force in the
navel of his belly.
12 He setteth up his tail
like a cedar, the sinews of
-- --
his testicles are wrapped together.
13 His bones are like pipes
of brass, his gristle like plates
of iron.
14 He is the beginning of
the ways of God, he that
made him shall make his sword
to approach unto him.
15 To him the mountains
bring forth grass: there all
the beasts of the field shall
play.
16 He sleepeth under the
shadow, in the covert of the
reed, and in moist places.
17 The shades cover his
shadow, the willows of the
brook shall compass him about.
18 Behold, he will drink
up a river, and not wonder:
and he trusteth that the Jordan
may run into his mouth.
19 In his eyes as with a
hook he shall take him, and
bore through his nostrils with
stakes.
20 Canst thou draw out the
note leviathan with a hook, or
canst thou tie his tongue with
a cord?
21 Canst thou put a ring
in his nose, or bore through
his jaw with a buckle?
22 Will he make many
supplications to thee, or speak
soft words to thee?
23 Will he make a covenant
with thee, and wilt thou
take him to be a servant for
ever?
24 Shalt thou play with
him as with a bird, or tie
him up for thy maidens?
25 Shall thy friends cut
him in pieces, shall merchants
divide him?
26 Wilt thou fill nets with
his skin, or the cabine of
fishes with his head.
27 Lay thy hand upon
him: remember the battle,
and speak no more.
28 Behold his hope shall
fail him, and in the sight of
all he shall be cast down.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
