1   Againe the Lord answered Iob out of ^note the whirle winde, and said,

2   Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

3   Wilt thou disanul ^note my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

4   Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?

5   Decke thy selfe now with ^note maiestie & excellencie, & aray thy selfe with beautie & glory.

6   Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.

7   Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.

8   Hide them in the dust together, and binde ^note their faces in a secret place.

9   Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can ^note saue thee.

10   ¶2; Behold now ^note Behemoth (whom I made ^note with thee) which eateth ^note grasse as an oxe.

11   Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.

12   When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.

13   His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.

14    ^noteHe is the chiefe of the wayes of God: ^note he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.

15   Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.

16   Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?

17   Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?

18   Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, ^note and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.

19   Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.

20   ¶2; Canst thou drawe out ^note Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?

21   Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose?

Liuiathan. canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?

22   Will he make many ^note prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?

23   Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take ^note him as a seruant for euer?

24   Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?

25   Shall the companions b&abar;ket with him? shal they deuide him among the marchants?

26   Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?

27   Lay thine hand vpon him: remember ^note the battel, and do no more so.

28   Behold, ^note his hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish euen at the sight of him?

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