Job 41
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1"Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life?4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12"I will not fail to speak of Leviathan's limbs, its strength and its graceful form.12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it.22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33Nothing on earth is its equal-- a creature without fear.33Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
34It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud."34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
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