Job 40 Comparison: Catholic Public Domain vs KJV with Apocrypha

Job 40

¹But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

²Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

³Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

⁴And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

⁵Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

⁶Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

⁷Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

⁸Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

⁹Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

¹⁰Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

¹¹His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

¹²He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

¹³His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

¹⁴He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

¹⁵The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

¹⁶He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

¹⁷The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

¹⁸Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

¹⁹He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

²⁰Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?

²¹Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

²²Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?

²³Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?

²⁴Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?

²⁵Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?

²⁶Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?

²⁷Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.

²⁸Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.

Job 40

¹Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,

²Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

³Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

⁴Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

⁵Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

⁶Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

⁷Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

⁸Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

⁹Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

¹¹Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

¹²Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

¹³Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

¹⁴Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

¹⁶Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

¹⁷He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

¹⁸His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

²⁰Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

²²The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

²³Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

²⁴He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.