Book of Job - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 857

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His fledghngs there suck up the blood, And he is where the slain bodies lie! The L0n_D elso continued, and said:

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Is the ALMlourv’s Appellant content? Has the Critic of GOD a reply? Then ]ob answered, and said: I was foolish, what can I reply? So my hand I lay over my mouth. I spoke once ;—but will not speak again. Nay twice, but I will not repeat. grlyulmlfs Serene Qlixhrzss. Again yeuovau answered ]ob out of the Whirlwind, and said: 6 Theid n grup your waist like a man ;—·· I will ask you, and you instruct Me; How can you My judgments reverse; Convict Me and set yourself free? Or is your arm equal to GOD's, And can your voice thunder like His? Deck yourself now with glory and might yo And clothe you in splendour and power; Fling round you your anger and wrath U And examine the proud and derthrowl Examine and humble the fierce, I2 Depressing the had by their acts. And hide them together in dust, And blindfold their faces from light; And I, then, will congratulate you That your right hand can rescue yourself! See Behémoth, My work, like yourself He feeds upon grass like an ox, His power is placed in his loins, ge And force in his obstinate breast; Like a cedar he flashes his tail, His thighs are a muscular plait, His bones are as pieces of steel, x8 Like forgings of iron his frame: He is chief of the products of GOD; He who made, can destroy with His sword! Then the mountains produce him his food, zo Where all beasts of the field sport about; 2I Under willows he lies down to sleep, In the shade of the reeds and the fens; The willow trees’ shade is his tent, 22 And the bush of the valley surrounds. He fears not the furious flood He is calm, tho' streams rush in his face! Who can catch him, when laid on the watch? Or who run a rope through his nose ? Is Leviathan caught with a hook?

Can they tie down his tongue with a cord? 26 Or put a straw rope through his nose, Or pierce through his jaws with a thorn? Will he multiply pleadings to you, Or address you in flattering words? 28 Will he write out a treaty with you To be your perpetual slave? Can you play with him, as with a bird, Or put in a cage for your girls? Can your friends make a feast off of him? Or can he to merchants be sold ?