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Job 41

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 "And Livyatan! Can you catch him with a fishhook or hold his tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a ring in his nose or pierce his jaw with a barb?

3 Will he entreat you at length? Will he speak with you softly?

4 Will he agree with you to be your slave forever?

5 Will you play with him as you would with a bird or keep him on a string to amuse your little girls?

6 Will a group of fishermen turn him into a banquet? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his skin with darts or his head with fish-spears?

8 If you lay your hand on him, you won't forget the fight, and you'll never do it again!

9 "Look, any hope [of capturing him] is futile -one would fall prostrate at the very sight of him.

10 No one is fierce enough to rouse him, so who can stand up to me?

11 Who has given me anything and made me pay it back? Everything belongs to me under all of heaven.

12 "I have more to say about his limbs, his strong talk, and his matchless strength.

13 Who can strip off his [scaly] garment? Who can enter his jaws?

14 Who can pry open the doors of his face, so close to his terrible teeth?

15 "His pride is his rows of scales, tightly sealed together -

16 one is so close to the next that no air can come between them;

17 they are stuck one to another, interlocked and impervious.

18 "When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn.

19 From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out.

20 His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire.

21 His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth.

22 "Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes].

23 The layers of his flesh stick together; they are firm on him, immovable.

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

25 When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair.

26 "If a sword touches him, it won't stick; neither will a spear, or a dart, or a lance.

27 He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

28 An arrow can't make him flee; for him, slingstones are so much chaff.

29 Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin.

30 His belly is as sharp as fragments of pottery, so he moves across the mud like a threshing-sledge.

31 "He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle.

32 He leaves a shining wake behind him, making the deep seem to have white hair.

33 "On earth there is nothing like him, a creature without fear.

34 He looks straight at all high things. He is king over all proud beasts."

New Living Translation NLT

1 “Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?

2 Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike?

3 Will it beg you for mercy or implore you for pity?

4 Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life?

5 Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with?

6 Will merchants try to buy it to sell it in their shops?

7 Will its hide be hurt by spears or its head by a harpoon?

8 If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows. You won’t try that again!

9 No, it is useless to try to capture it. The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.

10 And since no one dares to disturb it, who then can stand up to me?

11 Who has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine.

12 “I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs and its enormous strength and graceful form.

13 Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?

14 Who could pry open its jaws? For its teeth are terrible!

15 The scales on its back are like rows of shields tightly sealed together.

16 They are so close together that no air can get between them.

17 Each scale sticks tight to the next. They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

18 “When it sneezes, it flashes light! Its eyes are like the red of dawn.

19 Lightning leaps from its mouth; flames of fire flash out.

20 Smoke streams from its nostrils like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.

21 Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth.

22 “The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck strikes terror wherever it goes.

23 Its flesh is hard and firm and cannot be penetrated.

24 Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a millstone.

25 When it rises, the mighty are afraid, gripped by terror.

26 No sword can stop it, no spear, dart, or javelin.

27 Iron is nothing but straw to that creature, and bronze is like rotten wood.

28 Arrows cannot make it flee. Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.

29 Clubs are like a blade of grass, and it laughs at the swish of javelins.

30 Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.

31 “Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion. It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.

32 The water glistens in its wake, making the sea look white.

33 Nothing on earth is its equal, no other creature so fearless.

34 Of all the creatures, it is the proudest. It is the king of beasts.”