Job 40 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 (39:34) Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, & said, And the LORD said to Job: The LORD said to Job:
2 (39:35) Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it. “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 (39:36) Then Iob answered the Lord, saying, Then Job answered the LORD and said: Then Job answered the LORD:
4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand 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 (39:38) Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will 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 (40:1) Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said, Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:
7 (40:2) Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me. “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 (40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified? 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 (40:4) Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him? 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 (40:5) Decke thy selfe now with maiestie & excellencie, & aray thy selfe with beautie & 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 (40:6) Cast abroad 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 (40:7) Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and 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 (40:8) Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place. 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 (40:9) Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can 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 (40:10) Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse 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 (40:11) Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly. 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 (40:12) When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together. 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 (40:13) His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron. 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 (40:14) He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch 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 (40:15) Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play. 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 (40:16) Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert 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 (40:17) Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer 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 (40:18) Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden 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 (40:19) Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him. 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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