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Job 40

2 How weake man’s power is, being compared to the workes of God: 10 Whose power appeareth in the creation, and governing of the great beastes.
1.Again the Lord answered Job out of *the whirlewinde, and said,
2.Gird up now thy loynes like a man: I wil demande of thee, and declare thou unto me.
3.Wilt thou disanul amy judgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayest be justified?
4.Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
5.Decke thy self now with bmajestie and excellencie, and araye thy self with beautie and glorie.
6.Cast abroad the indignacion of thy wrath, & beholde everie one that is proude, and abase him.
7.Loke on everie one that is arrogant, and bring him low: and destroy the wicked in their place.
8.Hide them in the dust together, and binde ctheir faces in a secret place.
9.Then wil I confesse unto thee also, that thy right hand can dsave thee.
10.¶ Beholde now eBehemóth, (whom I made fwith thee) which eateth ggrasse as an oxe.
11.Beholde now, his strength is in his loines, and his force is in the navil of his belly.
12.When he taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedre: the sinewes of his stones are wrapt together.
13.His bones are like staves of brasse, and his small bones like staves of yron.
14.hHe is the chief of the wayes of God: ihe that made him, wil make his sworde to approche unto him.
15.Surely the mountaines bring him forthe grasse, where all the beasts of the field playe.
16.Lyeth he under the trees in the covert of the rede and fennes?
17.Can the trees cover him with their shadowe? or can the willowes of the river compasse him about?
18.Beholde, he spoileth the river, kand hasteth not: he trusteth that he can drawe up Jordén into his mouth.
19.He taketh it with his eyes, and trusteth his nose through whatsoever meteth him.
20.¶ Canst thou draw out lLeviathán with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe unto his tongue?
21.Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his jawes with an angle?
22.Wil he make manie mprayers unto thee, or speake thee faire?
23.Wil he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take nhim as servant for ever?
24.Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou binde him for thy maides?
25.Shal the companions banket with him? shal they devide him among the marchants?
26.Canst thou fil the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanyer with his head?
27.Laye thine hand upon him: remember othe battel, and do nomore so.
28.Beholde, phis hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish even at the sight of him?

Notes

1-*.
Ch. 38.1.
3-a.
Signifying that they that justify themselves, condemn God as unjust.
5-b.
Meaning, that these were proper unto God, and belonged to no man.
8-c.
Cause them to die if you can.
9-d.
Proving hereby that whosoever attributes to himself power, and ability to save himself, makes himself God.
10-e.
This beast is thought to be the elephant, or some other, which is unknown.
10-f.
Whom I made aswel as you. 2 Geneva Bible 1560
10-g.
This commends the providence of God toward man: for if he were given to devour as a lion, nothing were able, to resist him or content him.
14-h.
He is one of the chiefest works of God among the beasts.
14-i.
Though man dare not come near him, yet God can kill him.
18-k.
He drinks at leisure, and fears no body.
20-l.
Meaning, the whale.
22-m.
Because he fears lest you should take him.
23-n.
To do your business, and be at your commandment?
27-o.
If you once consider the danger, you will not meddle with him.
28-p.
To wit, that trusts to take him?