Job 41

Matthew^{(i) 1} Darrest thou drawe out Leuyathan wt an angle, or bynde hys tonge with a snare? ² Canste thou put a rynge in the nose of hym, or bore hys chaftes thorow wt a naule. ³ Wil he make many fayre wordes wyth the (thinckest thou) or flattre the? ⁴ Wyll he make a couenaunt wyth the? Or art thou able for to compel him to do the contynuall seruyce? ⁵ Wylt thou take thy pastyme wyth hym as with a byrd, or geue him vnto thy maydens, ⁶ that thy companyons maye hewe hym in peces, to be parted amonge the marchaunt men? ⁷ Canste thou fyl the net with his skinne, or the fyshe pannyer with hys heade? ⁸ Darrest thou laye hande vpon him? It is better for the to consydre what harme might happen the there thorow & not to touche hym. ⁹ For when thou thinkest to haue hold vpon hym, he shall begyle the: Euery man also that seyth hym, shal go backe. And why? ¹⁰ there darre none be so bolde as to rayse hym vp. Who is able to stande before me? ¹¹ Or, who hath geuen me anye thynge afore hande, that I am bound to reward hym againe? All thynges vnder heauen are myne. ¹² I feare hym not, whether he threaten or speake fayre. ¹³ Who lyfteth hym vp, & strypeth hym out of hys clothes, or who taketh him by the byt of hys brydle? ¹⁴ Who openeth the dore of hys face? for he hath horryble tethe rounde aboute. ¹⁵ Hys body is couered with scales as it were wyth shyldes, lockt in, kepte, & wel compacte together. ¹⁶ One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in ¹⁷ Yea one hangeth so vpon another, & stycketh so together, that they can not be sundered. ¹⁸ His nesynge is lyke a glysteryng fyre, & his eyes lyke the morning shyne. ¹⁹ Oute of hys mouthe go torches & fyre brandes ²⁰ oute of hys nostrels there goeth a smoke, like as oute of an hote sethinge pot. ²¹ His breth maketh the cotes burne, the flamme goeth out of hys mouth. ²² In his necke remayneth strength & before hys face sorow is turned to gladnes. ²³ The membres of his body are ioyned so strait one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued. ²⁴ His hert is as herde as a stone, & as faste as the stithye that the hammer man smyteth vpon. ²⁵ When he goeth, the myghtiest of al are afrayed, & the waues heauy. ²⁶ If he drawe out the swearde, there maye neyther speare nor brest plate, abyde hym ²⁷ He setteth as much by a strawe as by yron, and as muche by a rotten stocke as by metall. ²⁸ He starteth not away for hym that bendeth the bowe: & as for slynge stones, he careth as muche for stubble as for them. ²⁹ He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe, he laugheth hym to scorne that shaketh the speare. ³⁰ He treadeth the golde in the myre lyke the sharpe potsherdes. ³¹ He maketh the depe to seethe and boyle lyke a pot, & stereth the sea together lyke an oyntment. ³² The waye is lyght after hym, the depe is hys walkynge place. ³³ Vpon earth is there no power lyke vnto hys, for he is so made that he feareth not. ³⁴ If a man wyll consydre all hye thinges, thys same is a kynge ouer all the chyldren of pryde.