New King James Version

New American Standard Bible 1995

1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?

3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?

4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?

4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?

5Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?

5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

6Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?

6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again!

8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

9Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

10No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

11Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

12“I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

13Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?

14Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.

15His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;

15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.

16One is so near another That no air can come between them;

16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.

17They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.

17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

18His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.

19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.

20Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

21His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

22Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.

22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.

23The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.

24His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.

24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.

25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.

25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

27He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.

27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

28The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.

28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

29Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.

29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.

30His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.

31He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

32He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.

32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

33On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.

33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.

34He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride.”

34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride."

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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