Job 41

1Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

1Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

1I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance?

2Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

2Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

2Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

3Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

3Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

3I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.

4Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?

4Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

4Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?

5Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?

5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

5Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

6Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?

6Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

6His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.

7Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

7One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

8Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

8Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

8They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

9Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!

9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

9His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.

10He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

10Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.

11Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

11Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

11Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

12I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

12I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

12His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.

13Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

13In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.

14Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

14The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

15His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

15Hisstrong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal.

15His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil.

16One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.

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

16When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.

17They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.

17They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

17When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

18His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

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

18For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

19Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

19Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.

19The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

20Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.

20Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.

20As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

21His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

21The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.

22Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.

22In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

22He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.

23The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

23A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.

24His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.

24His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

24There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

25When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.

25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

25He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.

26The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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27Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

27He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

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28The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

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29A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

29Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

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30Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

30His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.

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31The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.

31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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32After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

32He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

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33On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

33Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

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34Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

34He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

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