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Job 41

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1 "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose, or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him as a servant for ever?

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

6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they parcel him among the merchants?

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

8 Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more!

9 Behold, the hope against him is in vain. Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand before Me?

11 Who hath come before Me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

12 "I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

13 Who can uncover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle?

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

15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a tight seal.

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

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

18 By his sneezings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

23 The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

24 His heart is as firm as a stone, yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the breastplate.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned by him into stubble.

29 Darts are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

30 Sharp potsherds are his undersides; he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

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

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

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

34 He beholdeth all high things; he is a king over all the children of pride."

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 "Can you pull Leviathan out [of the water] with a fishhook or tie its tongue down with a rope?

2 Can you put a ring through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?

3 Will it plead with you for mercy or speak tenderly to you?

4 Will it make an agreement with you so that you can take it as your permanent slave?

5 Can you play with it like a bird or keep it on a leash for your girls?

6 Will traders bargain over it and divide it among the merchants?

7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

8 Lay your hand on it. Think of the struggle! Don't do it again!

9 Certainly, any hope [of defeating it] is a false hope. Doesn't the sight of it overwhelm you?

10 No one is brave enough to provoke Leviathan. Then who can stand in front of me?

11 Who can confront me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me!

12 "I will not be silent about Leviathan's limbs, its strength, or its graceful form.

13 Who can skin its hide? Who can approach it with a harness?

14 Who can open its closed mouth? Its teeth are surrounded by terror.

15 Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.

16 One is so close to the other that there is no space between them.

17 Each is joined to the other. They are locked together and inseparable.

18 When Leviathan sneezes, it gives out a flash of light. Its eyes are like the first rays of the dawn.

19 Flames shoot from its mouth. Sparks of fire fly from it.

20 Smoke comes from its nostrils like a boiling pot heated over brushwood.

21 Its breath sets coals on fire, and a flame pours from its mouth.

22 Strength resides in its neck, and power dances in front of it.

23 The folds of its flesh stick to each other. They are solid and cannot be moved.

24 Its chest is solid like a rock, solid like a millstone.

25 "The mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises. Broken down, they draw back.

26 A sword may strike it but not pierce it. Neither will a spear, lance, or dart.

27 It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood.

28 An arrow won't make it run away. Stones from a sling turn to dust against it.

29 It considers clubs to be like stubble, and it laughs at a rattling javelin.

30 Its underside is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. It stretches out like a threshing sledge on the mud.

31 It makes the deep sea boil like a pot. It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle.

32 It leaves a shining path behind it so that the sea appears to have silvery hair.

33 Nothing on land can compare to it. It was made fearless.

34 It looks down on all high things. It is king of everyone who is arrogant."