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