Verse 23
Job 40:23
Geneva Bible
23
Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח כִּֽי יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל פִּֽי/הוּ
English Translation
Behold, a river will not be seized; it will not hesitate; it will trust, for the Jordan will reach its mouth.
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Chapter 40 Context
1
Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
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Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
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Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
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Or hast thou an arme like God (Elohim)? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
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Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
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Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
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Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
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Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
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Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
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10
Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
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11
Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
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12
When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
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His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
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14
He is the chiefe of the wayes of God (Elohim): he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnt...
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Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
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Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
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Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
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Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mout...
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19
Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
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20
Canst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his t...
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Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?
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22
Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
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Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?
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Shall the companions baket with him? shall they deuide him among the marchants?
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Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?
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Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
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Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perish euen at the sight of him?
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