Job 39–41

Knowest thou the time when ^athe wild goats of the rock bring forth?

Or canst thou mark when ^bthe hinds do calve?

²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?

Or ^cknowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³They ^dbow themselves, they bring forth their young ones,

They cast out their sorrows.

⁴Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn;

They go forth, and return not unto them.

⁵Who hath ^esent out the ^fwild ass free?

Or who hath ^egloosed the bands of the wild ass?

⁶Whose house I have made ^hthe wilderness,

And the barren land his dwellings.

⁷He scorneth the multitude of the city,

Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

⁸The range of the mountains is his pasture,

And he searcheth after every green thing.

⁹Will the ⁱunicorn be willing to serve thee,

Or abide by thy ^kcrib?

¹⁰Canst thou bind the ⁱunicorn with his band in the furrow?

Or will he ^lharrow the valleys after thee?

¹¹Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

¹²Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,

And ^llgather it into thy barn?

¹³Gavest thou the goodly ^mwings unto the peacocks?

Or ^mwings and ^ofeathers unto the ostrich?

¹⁴Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,

And warmeth them ^pin dust,

¹⁵And forgetteth that the foot may ^qcrush them,

Or that the wild beast may break them.

¹⁶She is ^rhardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers:

^sHer labour is in vain without fear;

¹⁷Because God hath ^tdeprived her of ^uwisdom,

Neither hath he imparted to her ^uunderstanding.

¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high,

She scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹Hast thou given the horse strength?

Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

²⁰Canst thou make him afraid as a ^xgrasshopper?

The glory of his ^ynostrils is terrible.

²¹He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength.

^zHe goeth on to meet the armed men.

²²He ^amocketh at fear, and is not affrighted;

Neither turneth he back from the sword.

²³The quiver rattleth against him,

The ^bglittering spear and the ^cshield.

²⁴He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:

Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the ^dtrumpet.

²⁵He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha;

And he smelleth the battle afar off,

The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

²⁶Doth the ^ehawk ^ffly by thy wisdom,

And stretch her wings toward the south?

²⁷Doth the eagle mount up at thy command,

And make her ^gnest on high?

²⁸She dwelleth and ^habideth on the rock,

Upon the ⁱcrag of the rock, and the ^hstrong place.

²⁹From thence she ^jseeketh the prey,

And her eyes behold afar off.

³⁰Her young ones also suck up blood:

And ^kwhere the slain are, there is she.

XL.Moreover the Lord ^aanswered Job, and said,

²Shall he that ^bcontendeth with the Almighty instruct him?

He that reproveth God, let him answer it.

³Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

⁴Behold, ^cI am vile; what shall I answer thee?

^dI will lay my hand upon my mouth.

^5eOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer:

Yea, ^etwice; but I will proceed no further.

⁶Then answered the Lord unto Job out of ^fthe whirlwind, and said,

^7gGird up thy loins now like a man:

^hI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁸ⁱWilt thou also disannul my judgment?

Wilt thou condemn me, ^kthat thou mayest be righteous?

⁹Hast thou an arm like God?

Or, canst thou ^lthunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;

And ^marray thyself with glory and beauty.

¹¹Cast abroad ⁿthe rage of thy wrath:

And ^obehold every one that is proud, and abase him.

^12oLook on every one that is proud, and ^obring him low;

And tread down the wicked ^pin their place.

^13qHide them ^qrin the dust together;

And bind their faces in secret.

¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee

That ^sthine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵Behold now behemoth,

Which I made with thee;

He eateth ^tgrass as an ox.

¹⁶Lo now, his strength is in his loins,

And his force is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁷He moveth his tail like a cedar:

The sinews of his stones are ^uwrapt together.

¹⁸His bones are as strong pieces of brass;

His bones are like bars of iron.

¹⁹He is the ^wchief of the ^xways of God:

He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food,

Where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹He lieth under the shady trees,

In the covert of the reed, and ^yfens.

²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow;

The ^zwillows of the brook compass him about.

²³Behold, he drinketh up a river, and ^ahasteth not:

He trusteth that he can ^bdraw up Jordan into his mouth.

²⁴He taketh it with his eyes:

His nose pierceth through snares.

XLI.Canst thou draw out leviathan with a ^ahook?

Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

²Canst thou ^bput a ^chook into his nose?

Or bore his jaw through with a ^bthorn?

³Will he make many supplications unto thee?

Will he speak soft words unto thee?

⁴Will he ^dmake a covenant with thee?

Wilt thou take him for a servant ^efor ever?

⁵Wilt thou ^fplay with him as with a bird?

Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁶Shall ^gthe companions ^hmake a banquet of him?

Shall they ⁱpart him among the ^kmerchants?

⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?

Or his head with fish spears?

⁸Lay thine hand upon him,

Remember the battle, do no more.

⁹Behold, the hope of him ^lis in vain:

Shall ^mnot one be ⁿcast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰None is so ^ofierce that dare stir him up:

Who then is able to stand before me?

^11pWho hath ^ppprevented me, that I should repay him?

^qWhatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

¹²I will not conceal his ^rparts,

Nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

¹³Who can discover ^sthe face of his garment?

Or who can come to him with his double bridle?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face?

His teeth are ^tterrible round about.

¹⁵His scales are his pride,

Shut up together as with a close seal.

¹⁶One is so near to another,

That no air can come between them.

¹⁷They are ^ujoined one to another,

They ^xstick together, that they cannot be sundered.

¹⁸By his neesings a ^ylight doth shine,

And his eyes are like ^zthe eyelids of the morning.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning lamps,

And sparks of fire leap out.

²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,

As out of a ^aseething pot or ^bcaldron.

²¹His breath ^cckindleth coals,

And a flame goeth out of his mouth.

²²In his neck remaineth strength,

And sorrow is turned into joy before him.

²³The flakes of his flesh are ^ujoined together:

They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone;

Yea, as hard as ^ca piece of the nether millstone.

²⁵When he raiseth up himself, the ^dmighty are afraid:

By reason of breakings they purify themselves.

²⁶The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:

The spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw,

And brass as rotten wood.

²⁸The ^earrow cannot make him flee:

Slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁹Darts are counted as stubble:

He laugheth at the shaking of a ^fspear.

³⁰Sharp stones are under him:

He spreadeth ^gsharp pointed things upon the mire.

³¹He maketh ^hthe deep to ⁱboil like a pot:

He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

³²He maketh a path to shine after him;

One would think ^hthe deep to be hoary.

^33kUpon earth there is not his ^llike,

Who is made without fear.

³⁴He beholdeth all high things:

He is a king over all ^mthe children of pride.

XLII.