Job 41

1 (40:20) Darrest thou drawe out Leuyathan wt an angle, or bynde hys tonge with a snare? 2 (40:21) Canste thou put a rynge in the nose of hym, or bore hys chaftes thorow wt a naule. 3 (40:22) Wil he make many fayre wordes wyth the (thinckest thou) or flattre the? 4 (40:23) Wyll he make a couenaunt wyth the? Or art thou able for to compel him to do the contynuall seruyce? 5 (40:24) Wylt thou take thy pastyme wyth hym as with a byrd, or geue him vnto thy maydens, 6 (40:25) that thy companyons maye hewe hym in peces, to be parted amonge the marchaunt men? 7 (40:26) Canste thou fyl 'fee net with his skinne, or the fyshe pannyer with hys heade? 8 (40:27) Darrest thou laye hande vpon him? It is better for the to consydre what harme might happen the there thorow & not to touche hym. 9 (40:28) For when thou thinkest to haue hold vpon hym, he shall begyle the: Euery man also that seyth hym, shal go backe. And why? 10 (40:29) there darre none be so bolde as to rayse hym vp. (41:1) Who is able to stande before me? 11 (41:2) Or, who hath geuen me anye thynge afore hande, that I am bound to reward hym againe? All thynges vnder heauen are myne. 12 (41:3) I feare hym not, whether he threaten or speake fayre. 13 (41:4) Who lyfteth hym vp, & strypeth hym out of hys clothes, or who taketh him by the byt of hys brydle? 14 (41:5) Who openeth the dore of hys face? for he hath horryble tethe rounde aboute. 15 (41:6) Hys body is couered with scales as it were wyth shyldes, lockt in, kepte, & wel compacte together. 16 (41:7) One is so ioyned to another, 'fet no ayre can come in 17 (41:8) Yea one hangeth so vpon another, & stycketh so together, that they can not be sundered. 18 (41:9) His nesynge is lyke a glysteryng fyre, & his eyes lyke the morning shyne. 19 (41:10) Oute of hys mouthe go torches & fyre brandes 20 (41:11) oute of hys nostrels there goeth a smoke, like as oute of an hote sethinge pot. 21 (41:12) His breth maketh the cotes burne, the flamme goeth out of hys mouth. 22 (41:13) In his necke remayneth strength & before hys face sorow is turned to gladnes. 23 (41:14) The membres of his body are ioyned so strait one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued. 24 (41:15) His hert is as herde as a stone, & as faste as the stithye that the hammer man smyteth vpon. 25 (41:16) When he goeth, the myghtiest of al are afrayed, & the waues heauy. 26 (41:17) If he drawe out the swearde, there maye neyther speare nor brest plate, abyde hym 27 (41:18) He setteth as much by a strawe as by yron, and as muche by a rotten stocke as by metall. 28 (41:19) He starteth not away for hym that bendeth the bowe: & as for slynge stones, he careth as muche for stubble as for them. 29 (41:20) He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth hym to scorne that shaketh the speare. 30 (41:21) He treadeth the golde in the myre lyke the sharpe potsherdes. 31 (41:22) He maketh the depe to seethe and boyle lyke a pot, & stereth the sea together lyke an oyntment. 32 (41:23) The waye is lyght after hym, the depe is hys walkynge place. 33 (41:24) Vpon earth is there no power lyke vnto hys, for he is so made that he feareth not. 34 (41:25) If a man wyll consydre all hye thinges, thys same is a kynge ouer all the chyldren of pryde.