Yuēbó 41

1 Nǐ néng yòng yú gōu diào shang è yú ma . néng yòng shéngzi yē xià tā de shétou ma .
2 Nǐ néng yòng shéng suǒ chuān tā de bízi ma . néng yòng gōu chuān tā de sāi gǔ ma .
3 Tā qǐ xiàng nǐ liánlián kĕnqiú , shuō róu hé de huà ma .
4 Qǐ kĕn yǔ nǐ lì yuē , shǐ nǐ ná tā yǒngyuǎn zuò núpú ma .
5 Nǐ qǐ kĕ ná tā dāng què niǎo wánshuǎ ma . qǐ kĕ wèi nǐde yòu nǚ jiāng tā shuān zhù ma .
6 Dā huǒ de yú fú qǐ kĕ ná tā dāng huò wù ma . néng bǎ tā fēn gĕi shāng rén ma .
7 Nǐ néng yòng dǎo gōu qiāng zhá mǎn tā de pí , néng yòng yú chā cHāmǎn tā de tóu ma .
8 Nǐ àn shǒu zaì tā shēnshang , xiǎng yǔ tā zhēng zhàn , jiù bú zaì zhèyàng xíng ba .
9 Rén zhǐwang zhuōná tā shì túrán de . yī jiàn tā , qǐbù sāng dǎn ma .
10 Méiyǒu nàme xiōngmĕng de rén gǎn rĕ tā . zhèyàng , shuí néng zaì wǒ miànqián shān lì dé zhù ne .
11 Shuí xiān gĕi wǒ shénme , shǐ wǒ chánghuán ne . tiān xià wànwù dōu shì wǒde .
12 Lún dào è yú de zhī tǐ hé qí dàlì , bìng mĕihǎo de gǔ gé , wǒ bùnéng jiān mò bù yán .
13 Shuí néng bāo tā de waìyī . shuí néng jìn tā shang xià yá gǔ zhī jiān ne .
14 shuí néng kāi tā de sāi jiá . tā yá chǐ sìwéi shì kĕ wèi de .
15 Tā yǐ jiāngù de lín jiǎ wèi kĕ kuā , jǐn jǐn hé bì , fēng dé yán mì .
16 Zhè lín jiǎ yī yī xiānglián , shènzhì qì bùdé tòu rù qí jiān ,
17 Dōu shì hùxiāng liánluò , jiāo jié , bùnéng fēnlí .
18 Tā dǎ pēn tì jiù fāchū guāng lái . tā yǎnjing hǎoxiàng zǎochen de guāngxiàn ( yuánwén zuò yǎnpí ) .
19 Cóng tā kǒu zhōng fāchū shāo zhe de huǒbǎ , yǔ fēi bèng de huǒ xīng .
20 Cóng tā bíkǒng mào chū yān lái , rú shāo kāi de guō hé diǎn zhe de lúwĕi .
21 Tā de qì diǎn zhe méi tàn , yǒu huǒyàn cóng tā kǒu zhōng fāchū .
22 Tā jǐngxiàng zhōng cún zhe jìn lì . zaì tā miànqián de dōu kǒng xià bèng tiào .
23 Tā de ròu kuaì hùxiāng liánluò , jǐn tiē qí shēn , bùnéng yáodòng .
24 Tā de xīn jié shí rú shítou , rú xià mòshí nàyàng jié shí .
25 Tā yìqǐ lái , yǒng shì dōu jīngkǒng , xīnli huāng luàn , biàn dōu hūn mí .
26 Rén ruò yòng dāo , yòng qiāng , yòng biāo qiāng , yòng jiān qiāng zhá tā , dōu shì wúyòng .
27 Tā Yǐtiĕ wèi gān cǎo , yǐ tóng wèi làn mù .
28 Jiàn bùnéng kǒng xià tā shǐ tā taóbì . dàn shí zaì tā kàn wèi suì jiē .
29 Gùn bàng suàn wèi hé jiē . tā chīxiào duǎn qiāng sōu de xiǎngshēng .
30 Tā dù fù xià rú jiān wǎ piān , tā rú dīng bà jīngguò yū ní .
31 Tā shǐ shēn yuān kāi gún rú guō , shǐ yáng hǎi rú guō zhōng de gāo yóu .
32 Tā xíng de lù suíhòu fāguāng , líng rén xiǎng shēn yuān rútóng bái fā .
33 Zaì dì shang méiyǒu xiàng tā zào de nàyàng , wú suǒ jùpà .
34 Fán gāo dà de , tā wú bù miǎoshì . tā zaì jiāoào de shuǐzú shang zuò wáng .

Yuēbó 41 Commentary

Chapter 41

Concerning Leviathan.

- The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

A large description is here given of the leviathan, from the difficulty and danger of taking it, from whence it is inferred that none can stand before God, Job 41:1-10; from the several parts of him, his face, teeth, scales, eyes, mouth and neck, flesh and heart, Job 41:11-24; and from various wonderful terrible things said of him, and ascribed to him, Job 41:25-34.

Yuēbó 41 Commentaries

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