Jb 40-41 (King James)

¹ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
² Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
³ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
⁴ Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
⁵ Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
⁶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
⁸ Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
⁹ Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
¹³ Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
¹⁴ Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
¹⁵ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
¹⁶ Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
¹⁷ He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
¹⁸ His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
¹⁹ He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
²¹ He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
²³ Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
²⁴ He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Job 41

¹ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
² Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
⁸ Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
⁹ Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
¹⁰ None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
¹¹ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
¹² I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
¹³ Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
¹⁵ His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
¹⁶ One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
¹⁷ They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
¹⁸ By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
²⁰ Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
²¹ His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
²² In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
²⁴ His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
²⁵ When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
²⁶ The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
²⁷ He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
²⁹ Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
³⁰ Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
³¹ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
³² He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
³⁴ He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Jb 40-41 (Vulgate)

¹ Respondens autem Dominus Job de turbine, dixit :
² [Accinge sicut vir lumbos tuos : interrogabo te, et indica mihi.
³ Numquid irritum facies judicium meum, et condemnabis me, ut tu justificeris ?
⁴ Et si habes brachium sicut Deus ? et si voce simili tonas ?
⁵ Circumda tibi decorem, et in sublime erigere, et esto gloriosus, et speciosis induere vestibus.
⁶ Disperge superbos in furore tuo, et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia.
⁷ Respice cunctos superbos, et confunde eos, et contere impios in loco suo.
⁸ Absconde eos in pulvere simul, et facies eorum demerge in foveam.
⁹ Et ego confitebor quod salvare te possit dextera tua.
¹⁰ Ecce behemoth quem feci tecum, fœnum quasi bos comedet.
¹¹ Fortitudo ejus in lumbis ejus, et virtus illius in umbilico ventris ejus.
¹² Stringit caudam suam quasi cedrum ; nervi testiculorum ejus perplexi sunt.
¹³ Ossa ejus velut fistulæ æris ; cartilago illius quasi laminæ ferreæ.
¹⁴ Ipse est principium viarum Dei : qui fecit eum applicabit gladium ejus.
¹⁵ Huic montes herbas ferunt : omnes bestiæ agri ludent ibi.
¹⁶ Sub umbra dormit in secreto calami, et in locis humentibus.
¹⁷ Protegunt umbræ umbram ejus : circumdabunt eum salices torrentis.
¹⁸ Ecce absorbebit fluvium, et non mirabitur, et habet fiduciam quod influat Jordanis in os ejus.
¹⁹ In oculis ejus quasi hamo capiet eum, et in sudibus perforabit nares ejus.
²⁰ An extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus ?
²¹ Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus ?
²² Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia ?
²³ Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum ?
²⁴ Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis ?
²⁵ Concident eum amici ? divident illum negotiatores ?
²⁶ Numquid implebis sagenas pelle ejus, et gurgustium piscium capite illius ?
²⁷ Pone super eum manum tuam : memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.
²⁸ Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.]

Job 41

¹ [Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum : quis enim resistere potest vultui meo ?
² Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei ? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.
³ Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
⁴ Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus ? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit ?
⁵ Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet ? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.
⁶ Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
⁷ Una uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.
⁸ Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
⁹ Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis, et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi.
¹⁰ De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.
¹¹ De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.
¹² Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.
¹³ In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo, et faciem ejus præcedit egestas.
¹⁴ Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi : mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.
¹⁵ Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
¹⁶ Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
¹⁷ Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax :
¹⁸ reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum æs.
¹⁹ Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius : in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.
²⁰ Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
²¹ Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
²² Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
²³ Post eum lucebit semita : æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
²⁴ Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
²⁵ Omne sublime videt : ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.]