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Job Chapter 40

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Job 40

1Againe the Lord answered Iob out of the whirle winde, and said,
Job 38:1, Job 38:1, Job 40:6, Job 40:6
2Girde vp now thy loynes like a man: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
1 Corinthians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Isaiah 40:14, Isaiah 40:14, Romans 11:34
3Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?
4Or hast thou an arme like God? or doest thou thunder with a voyce like him?
Proverbs 30:32, Job 29:9, Proverbs 30:32, Job 29:9, Job 21:5
5Decke thy selfe now with maiestie and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with beautie and glory.
Job 33:14, Psalms 62:11, Job 33:14, Psalms 62:11, Romans 3:19
6Cast abroad the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him.
Job 38:1, Job 38:1, Psalms 50:3, Psalms 50:4, 2 Peter 3:10
7Looke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe: and destroy the wicked in their place.
Job 38:3, Job 38:3, Job 42:4, Job 42:4, Job 13:22
8Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
Romans 3:4, Romans 3:4, Job 32:2, Isaiah 28:18, Job 32:2
9Then will I confesse vnto thee also, that thy right hand can saue thee.
Psalms 89:13, Job 37:4, Job 37:5, Psalms 89:13, Job 37:4
10Behold now Behemoth (whom I made with thee) which eateth grasse as an oxe.
Psalms 93:1, Psalms 93:1, Psalms 149:4, Psalms 149:4, Isaiah 59:17
11Behold now, his strength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauil of his belly.
Daniel 4:37, Daniel 4:37, Isaiah 2:17, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:12
12When hee taketh pleasure, his taile is like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapt together.
Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 63:3, Malachi 4:3, Malachi 4:3, 1 Samuel 2:7
13His bones are like staues of brasse, and his small bones like staues of yron.
Isaiah 2:10, Isaiah 2:10, Esther 7:8, Job 36:13, John 11:44
14He is the chiefe of the wayes of God: he that made him, will make his sworde to approch vnto him.
Isaiah 40:29, Romans 5:6, Psalms 44:6, Psalms 44:3, Ephesians 2:4
15Surely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde play.
Job 40:20, Psalms 104:14, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Job 40:20
16Lyeth hee vnder the trees in the couert of the reede and fennes?
17Can the trees couer him with their shadow? or can the willowes of the riuer compasse him about?
Job 41:23, Job 41:23
18Behold, he spoyleth the riuer, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw vp Iorden into his mouth.
Job 7:12, Isaiah 48:4, Job 7:12, Isaiah 48:4
19Hee taketh it with his eyes, and thrusteth his nose through whatsoeuer meeteth him.
Job 26:13, Psalms 7:12, Job 41:33, Isaiah 27:1, Psalms 104:24
20Canst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?
Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:26, Psalms 104:14, Psalms 104:26, Job 40:15
21Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle?
Isaiah 19:6, Isaiah 19:7, Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 19:6, Isaiah 19:7
22Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?
Leviticus 23:40, Isaiah 15:7, Ezekiel 17:5, Leviticus 23:40, Isaiah 15:7
23Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer?
Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:10, Psalms 55:8, Isaiah 37:25, Joshua 3:15
24Wilt 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?
Job 41:1, Job 41:2, Job 41:1, Job 41:2

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