Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xl. Chapter.
¶ Iob humbleth hym selfe vnto God, the descripcion
of Behemoth and Leuyathan.
A Moreouer, God spake vnto Iob
and sayde: Can he that stryueth
wyth þe; Almyghtye, be at rest?
Shulde not he which disputeth
wyth God, geue hym an answere?
Iob answered the Lorde, saying: Beholde.
I am to vyle a personne, to answere
the, therfore wyll I laye my hande vpon my
mouth. Once or twise haue I spoken, but I
wyll saye nomore.
Then answered the Lorde vnto Iob out
of the storme, and sayde: note Gyrde vp thy
loynes now lyke a man, &abar;d tell me the thinges
that I will aske the. Wylt thou disanul
my iudgement? Or wylt thou c&obar;demne me,
that thou thy selfe mayest be made ryghteous?
Is thy power then lyke the power of
God? Maketh thy voyce soch a sounde as
hys doth? Then arme thy selfe wyth thyne
awne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye,
powre out the indignacion of thy wrath: se
þt; thou cast downe all the proude, loke well,
that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to
obeye:
B treade downe all the vngodly in their
place, cast them downe into the dust, and couer
their faces with darcknesse: Then will I
confesse vnto the also, that thyne awne right
hande shall saue the.
Beholde, &rhand; the beast Behemoth (wh&obar;
I made wyth the) whych eateth haye as an
oxe: lo, how stronge he is in hys loynes, and
what power he hath in the nauell of his body.
He spredeth out hys tayle lyke a Cedre
tre, all hys vaynes are styf. Hys shynnes are
lyke pypes of brasse, hys rydge bones are
lyke staues of yron.
C Fyrst, when God made
him, he ordened the wildernesse for him, that
the mountaynes shulde geue hym grasse,
where all the beastes of the felde take their
pastyme. He lyeth amonge the redes in the
Mosses, the fennes hyde him with their shadowe,
and the wylowes of the broke couer
him rounde aboute. Lo, without any labour
myght he drincke out of the whoale floude,
&abar;d suppe of Iordane without any trauayle.
Who darre laye hande vpon hym openly,
and vndertake to catch him? Or, who darre
put a hooke thorow his nose, and lay a snare
for hym?
Darrest thou drawe out note &rhand; Leuiath&abar;
wyth an Angle, or bynde hys tonge wyth a
snare? Canst thou put a ryng in the nose of
h&ibar;, or bore hys chawe thorow with a naule?
Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the
(thynkest thou) or flatter the? Will he make
a couenaunt with the? Or art thou able for
to compell hym to do the continuall seruyce?
D Wylt thou take thy pastyme wyth hym, as
with a byrde, or geue him vnto thy mayd&ebar;s,
that thy companyons may make a refeccion
of hym, or that he maye be parted amonge
the marchaunt men? Canst thou fyll the baskett
with his skynne, or the fysh pannyer &wt;
his heade? Darrest þu; laye hande vpon hym?
It is better for the to consydre what harme
myght happen the there thorow, and not to
touch him. For when thou thynkest to haue
holde vpon him, he shall begyle the.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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