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Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle, or bynde his tonge with a snare?

Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him, or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule?

Canst thou fyll the nett wt his skynne, or ye fysh panyer with his heade?

Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him out of his clothes, or who taketh him by the bytt of his brydle?

Who openeth the dore of his face? for he hath horrible tethe rounde aboute.

His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes, lockte in, kepte, and well copacte together.

His nesinge is like a glisteringe fyre, and his eyes like the mornynge shyne.

Out of his mouth go torches and fyre brandes,

out off his nostrels there goeth a smoke, like as out off an hote seetinge pott.

His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.

In his necke remayneth strength, and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse.

The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another, and cleue so fast together, that he can not be moued.

His hert is as harde as a stone, ad as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon.

The waye is light after him, the depe is his walkynge place.

Vpon earth is there no power like vnto his, for he is so made, that he feareth not.

For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.

and the LORDE turned him vnto Iob, whe he prayed for his frendes: Yee the LORDE gaue Iob twyse as moch as he had afore.

And the came there vnto him all his brethren, all his sisters with all them that had bene off his acquatauce afore, and ate bred with him in his house, wondringe at him, ad comfortinge him ouer all the trouble, that the LORDE had brought vpon him. Euery ma gaue him a shepe and a Iewell of golde.

After this lyued Iob xl. yeares, so that he sawe his children, & his childers children vnto the fourth generacion.

But delyteth in the lawe of ye LORDE, & exercyseth himself in his lawe both daye and night.