Douay Bible - Job Chapter 40

Job 40:1
And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said :

Job 40:2
Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

Job 40:3
Wilt thou make void my judgment : and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?

Job 40:4
And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Job 40:5
Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.

Job 40:6
Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

Job 40:7
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.

Job 40:8
Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.

Job 40:9
Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.

Job 40:10
Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.

Job 40:11
His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.

Job 40:12
He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.

Job 40:13
His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.

Job 40:14
He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.

Job 40:15
To him the mountains bring forth grass : there all the beasts of the field shall play.

Job 40:16
He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.

Job 40:17
The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.

Job 40:18
Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder : and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.

Job 40:19
In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.

Job 40:20
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

Job 40:21
Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

Job 40:22
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

Job 40:23
Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?

Job 40:24
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

Job 40:25
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

Job 40:26
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

Job 40:27
Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more.

Job 40:28
Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.

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