Job 40 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
1 Moreover Yahweh answered Job,
2 Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
2 “Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
3 Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
3 Then Job answered Yahweh,
4 Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
4 “Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
5 Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
6 Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:
7 Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
8 Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
9 Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
10 Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
10 “Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
11 Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
12 When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
13 His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
14 He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
15 Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
15 “See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
16 Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
17 Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
19 Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
20 Canst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
21 Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
22 Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
23 Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
24 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
25 Shall the companions baket with him? shall they deuide him among the marchants?
25 Not in this translation
26 Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?
26 Not in this translation
27 Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
27 Not in this translation
28 Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perish euen at the sight of him?
28 Not in this translation
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6
- 2 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 33:13; Isaiah 50:8
- 4 Proverbs 30:32; Job 29:9; Job 21:5; Job 42:6; Judges 18:19
- 5 Job 33:14; Psalm 62:11; Job 9:15; Job 9:3; Romans 3:19
- 6 Job 38:1; Psalm 50:3–4; 2 Peter 3:10–12; Hebrews 12:18–20
- 7 Job 38:3; Job 42:4; Job 23:3–4; Job 13:22
- 8 Romans 3:4; Job 32:2; Isaiah 28:18; Job 10:3; Psalm 51:4
- 9 Job 37:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 89:13; Psalm 89:10; Exodus 15:6
- 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 59:17; Job 39:19; Psalm 104:1–2
- 11 Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 2:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 10:12–19
- 12 Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 4:3; Psalm 60:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 10:5
- 13 Isaiah 2:10; Psalm 49:14; Job 36:13; Job 14:13; Esther 7:8
- 14 Romans 5:6; Psalm 44:3; Ephesians 2:4–9; Psalm 44:6; Isaiah 40:29
- 15 Psalm 104:14; Job 40:20; Genesis 1:24–26; Job 39:8
- 17 Job 41:23
- 18 Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12
- 19 Job 41:33; Psalm 104:24; Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 7:12
- 20 Psalm 104:26; Psalm 104:14; Job 40:15; Psalm 147:8–9
- 21 Isaiah 19:6–7; Isaiah 35:7
- 22 Isaiah 15:7; Leviticus 23:40; Ezekiel 17:5
- 23 Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 28:16; Joshua 3:15; Psalm 55:8
- 24 Job 41:1–2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
According to Job, there was in the waters the dragon that draweth up Jordan into his mouth.
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