Job 41
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1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?
4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever?
5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?
6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?6Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants?
7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!8Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against me?
11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.11Who confronted me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions.
13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?
14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?14Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.15His pride is in his rows of scales, closely sealed together.
16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.16One scale is so close to another that no air can pass between them.
17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.17They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated.
18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.18His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out!
20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth.
22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him.
23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.23The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable.
24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!24His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.25When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw because of his thrashing.
26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.26The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him.
29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.29A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair!
33Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!33He has no equal on earth--a creature devoid of fear!
34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”34He surveys everything that is haughty; he is king over all the proud beasts.
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