The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer.

He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.

Will the vnicorne serue thee? or will he tary by thy cribbe?

Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?

Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labour vnto him?

Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?

Hast thou giuen the pleasant wings vnto the peacockes? or winges and feathers vnto the ostriche?

Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,

And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.

He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.

For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.

When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.

Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?

Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.

He diggeth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: he goeth foorth to meete the harnest man.

He mocketh at feare, and is not afraid, and turneth not backe from the sworde,

Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.

He sayth among the trumpets, Ha, ha: hee smellleth the battell afarre off, and the noyse of the captaines, and the shouting.

Shall the hauke flie by thy wisedome, stretching out his wings toward the South?

Doeth the eagle mount vp at thy commandement, or make his nest on hie?

Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.

From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.

His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.

Moreouer ye Lord spake vnto Iob, and said,

Is this to learne to striue with the Almightie? he that reprooueth God, let him answere to it.

Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,

Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?

Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.

Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.

Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.

Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.

Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.

Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.

Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.

When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.

His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.

He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.

Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.

Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?

Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?

Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.

Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.

Canst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?

Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?

Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?

Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes?

Shall the companions baket with him? shall they deuide him among the marchants?

Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head?

Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.

Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perish euen at the sight of him?

None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me?

Who hath preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine.

I will not keepe silence concerning his partes, nor his power nor his comely proportion.

Who can discouer the face of his garmet? or who shall come to him with a double bridle?

Who shall open the doores of his face? his teeth are fearefull round about.

The maiestie of his scales is like strog shields, and are sure sealed.

One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them.

One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.

His niesings make the light to shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Out of his mouth go lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.

Out of his nostrels commeth out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron.

His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

In his necke remayneth strength, and labour is reiected before his face.

The members of his bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued.

His heart is as strong as a stone, and as hard as the nether milstone.

The mightie are afrayd of his maiestie, and for feare they faint in themselues.

When the sword doeth touch him, he will not rise vp, nor for the speare, dart nor habergeon.

He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood.

The archer canot make him flee: ye stones of the sling are turned into stubble vnto him:

The dartes are counted as strawe: and hee laugheth at the shaking of the speare.

Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre.

He maketh the depth to boyle like a pot, and maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.

He maketh a path to shine after him: one would thinke the depth as an hoare head.

In the earth there is none like him: hee is made without feare.

He beholdeth al hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.

Then Iob answered the Lord, and sayd,

I knowe that thou canst doe all things, and that there is no thought hidde from thee.

Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.

Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.

I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee.

Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

Now after that the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, ye Lord also said vnto Eliphaz ye Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for yee haue not spoken of me the thing that is right, like my seruant Iob.

Therefore take vnto you nowe seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes, and go to my seruant Iob, and offer vp for your selues a burnt offring, and my seruant Iob shall pray for you: for I wil accept him, least I should put you to shame, because ye haue not spoken of me the thing, which is right, like my seruant Iob.

So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord had saide vnto them, and the Lord accepted Iob.

Then the Lord turned the captiuitie of Iob, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gaue Iob twise so much as he had before.

Then came vnto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had bene of his acquaintance before, and did eate bread with him in his house, and had compassion of him, and comforted him for al the euil, that the Lord had brought vpon him, and euery man gaue him a piece of money, and euery one an earing of golde.

So the Lord blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.

He had also seue sonnes, and three daughters.

And he called the name of one Iemimah, and the name of the seconde Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch.

In all the lande were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob, and their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren.

And after this liued Iob an hundreth and fourtie yeres, and sawe his sonnes, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.

Blessed is the man that doeth not walke in the counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in ye seate of the scornefull: