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1 Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide: And the LORD said to Job: The LORD said to Job:
2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere? “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying: Then Job answered the LORD and said: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth. “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.
5 Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.” I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
6 Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere. “Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous? Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? “Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth? Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his? Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?
10 Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory: “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and splendor. Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him: Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12 Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place: Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand. look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Hide them in the dust together, and couer their faces in secrete: Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below. Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.
14 Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that thyne owne right hande shall saue thee. Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Beholde the beaste Behemoth, who I made with thee, which eateth haye as an oxe: “Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox. “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 Lo how his strength is in his loynes, and what power he hath in the nauil of his body. Behold, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly. What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly!
17 When he wyll, he spreadeth out his tayle lyke a Cedar tree, all his sinowes are stiffe. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together. Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are lyke pipes of brasse, yea his bones are lyke staues of iron. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron. Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.
19 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God, he that made him wyl make his sword to approche vnto him. “He is the first of the works of God; let him who made him bring near his sword! It ranks first among the works of God, yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde take their pastime. For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play. The hills bring it their produce, and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 He resteth him in the shade, in the couerte of the reede and fennes. Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh. Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about. For his shade the lotus trees cover him; the willows of the brook surround him. The lotuses conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream surround it.
23 Beholde, he drinketh vp whole ryuers and feareth not, he thinketh that he can drawe vp Iordane into his mouth. Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened; he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth. A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes, and yet the hunter putteth a bridle into his nose. Can one take him by his eyes, or pierce his nose with a snare? Can anyone capture it by the eyes, or trap it and pierce its nose?
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