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| [1]Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob, and saide |
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| [2]Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere |
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| [3]Then Iob aunswered the Lorde, saying |
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| [4]Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, [therefore] I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth |
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| [5]Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further |
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| [6]Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide |
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| [7]Girde vp thy loynes now lyke a man: I wyll demaunde of thee, and make thou aunswere |
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| [8]Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous |
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| [9]Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth |
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| [10]Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory |
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| [11]Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him |
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| [12]Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place |
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| [13]Hide them in the dust together, and couer their faces in secrete |
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| [14]Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that thyne owne right hande shall saue thee |
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| [15]Beholde the beaste Behemoth, who I made with thee, which eateth haye as an oxe |
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| [16]Lo how his strength is in his loynes, and what power he hath in the nauil of his body |
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| [17]When he wyll, he spreadeth out his tayle lyke a Cedar tree, all his sinowes are stiffe |
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| [18]His bones are lyke pipes of brasse, yea his bones are lyke staues of iron |
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| [19]He is the chiefe of the wayes of God, he that made him wyl make his sword to approche vnto him |
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| [20]Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde take their pastime |
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| [21]He resteth him in the shade, in the couerte of the reede and fennes |
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| [22]The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about |
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| [23]Beholde, he drinketh vp whole ryuers and feareth not, he thinketh that he can drawe vp Iordane into his mouth |
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| [24]He taketh it with his eyes, and yet the hunter putteth a bridle into his nose |
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