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Job 41

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE

1 (40-20) Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

2 (40-21) Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?

3 (40-22) Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?

4 (40-23) Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever,

5 (40-24) Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

6 (40-25) Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?

7 (40-26) Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?

8 (40-27) Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.

9 (40-28) Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.

10 (41-1) I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance?

11 (41-2) Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

12 (41-3) I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.

13 (41-4) Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?

14 (41-5) Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

15 (41-6) His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.

16 (41-7) One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

17 (41-8) They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

18 (41-9) His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.

19 (41-10) Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.

20 (41-11) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

21 (41-12) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.

22 (41-13) In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.

23 (41-14) The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

24 (41-15) His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil,

25 (41-16) When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.

26 (41-17) When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

27 (41-18) For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 (41-19) The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

29 (41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

30 (41-21) The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.

31 (41-22) He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.

32 (41-23) A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.

33 (41-24) There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one,

34 (41-25) He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel?

2 Can you lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor?

3 Will he beg you over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?

4 Will he apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?

5 Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?

6 Will you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price?

7 Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head?

8 If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.

9 What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in!

10 If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?

11 Who could confront me and get by with it? I'm in charge of all this - I run this universe!

12 "But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, his enormous bulk, his beautiful shape.

13 Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin or putting those jaws into bit and bridle?

14 And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth filled with row upon row of fierce teeth?

15 His pride is invincible; nothing can make a dent in that pride.

16 Nothing can get through that proud skin - impervious to weapons and weather,

17 The thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!

18 "He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks.

19 Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch.

20 Smoke erupts from his nostrils like steam from a boiling pot.

21 He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream from his mouth.

22 All muscle he is - sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death.

23 Sinewy and lithe, there's not a soft spot in his entire body -

24 As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable.

25 Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence.

26 Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.

27 Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.

28 Arrows don't even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops.

29 A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.

30 His belly is armor-plated, inexorable - unstoppable as a barge.

31 He roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter.

32 With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard!

33 There's nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature!

34 He surveys all the high and mighty - king of the ocean, king of the deep!"