Job 40 Comparison: Noyes Translation (1869) vs King James Version

Job 40

¹Moreover Jehovah spake to Job, and said:

²Will the censurer of the Almighty contend with him? Will the reprover of God answer?

³Then Job answered Jehovah, and said:

⁴Behold, I am vile! what can I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

⁵Once have I spoken, but I will not speak again; Yea, twice, but I will say no more.

⁶Then spake Jehovah to Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

⁷Gird up now thy loins like a man! I will ask thee, and do thou instruct me!

⁸Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?

⁹Hast thou an arm like God’s? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?

¹⁰Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!

¹¹Send forth the fury of thy wrath! Look upon every proud one, and abase him!

¹²Look upon every proud one, and bring him low; Yea, tread down the wicked in their place!

¹³Hide them in the dust together; Shut up their faces in darkness!

¹⁴Then, indeed, will I give thee the praise, That thine own right hand can save thee.

¹⁵Behold the river-horse, which I have made as well as thyself; He feedeth on grass like the ox.

¹⁶Behold, what strength is in his loins! And what force in the muscles of his belly!

¹⁷He bendeth his tail, like the cedar, And the sinews of his thighs are twisted together.

¹⁸His bones are pipes of brass, And his limbs are bars of iron.

¹⁹He is chief among the works of God; He that made him gave him his sword.

²⁰For the mountains supply him with food, Where all the beasts of the field play.

²¹He lieth down under the lote-plants, In the covert of reeds, and in the fens.

²²The lote-plants cover him with their shadow, And the willows of the brook compass him about.

²³Lo! the stream overfloweth, but he starteth not; He is unmoved though Jordan rush forth even to his mouth.

²⁴Can one take him before his eyes, Or pierce his nose with hooks?

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.