Job 41
41
1#Job 3:8; Ps 104:26 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook#Heb. text 40:25
or snare his tongue with a line which you let down?
2#Isa 37:29 Can you put a cord into his nose,
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak soft words to you?
4#Ex 21:6; Dt 15:17 Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
5Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you put him on a leash for your maidens?
6Will your companions make a banquet of him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
7Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8Lay your hand on him;
remember the battle—you will do it no more.
9Notice, any hope of overcoming him is in vain;
shall not one be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
10No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
Who then is able to stand before Me?
11#Ps 24:1; Ro 11:35 Who has preceded Me that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.
12“I will not conceal his limbs,
nor his power, nor his graceful proportions.
13Who can remove his outer garment?
Or who can approach him with a double bridle?
14Who can open the jaws of his face?
His teeth are terrible all around.
15His scales are his pride,
shut up tightly as with a seal.
16One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17They are joined to each other;
they stick together that they cannot be separated.
18#Job 3:9 His sneezing flashes forth light,
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go burning lights,
and sparks of fire leap out.
20Out of his nostrils goes smoke
as out of a seething pot or cauldron.
21#Ps 18:8 His breath kindles coals,
and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22In his neck remains strength,
and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23The folds of his flesh are joined together;
they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.
24His heart is as firm as a stone,
yes, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
25When he raises up himself even the gods are afraid;
because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
26The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
nor does the spear, the arrow, or the javelin.
27He counts iron as straw,
and brass as rotten wood.
28The arrow cannot make him flee;
slingstones are turned into stubble by him.
29Arrows are counted as straw;
he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
30Sharp stones are his underside;
he leaves a mark in the mire like a sharp threshing sledge.
31He makes the deep to boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33#Job 40:19 On earth there is nothing like him,
a creature made without fear.
34#Job 28:8 He beholds all high things;
he is a king over all the children of pride.”
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Job 41
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Leviathan
1 # 41.1 40:25 in Heb Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
restrain his tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through his nose,
pierce his jaw with a barb?
3Will he beg you at length
or speak gentle words to you?
4Will he make a pact with you
so that you will take him as a permanent slave?
5Can you play with him like a bird,
put a leash on him for your girls?
6Will merchants sell him;
will they divide him among traders?
7Can you fill his hide with darts,
his head with a fishing spear?
8Should you lay your hand on him,
you would never remember the battle.
9Such hopes#41.9 Or his hopes would be delusional;
surely the sight of him makes one stumble.
10Nobody is fierce enough to rouse him;
who then can stand before me?
11Who opposes me that I must repay?
Everything under heaven is mine.
12I’m not awed by his limbs,
his strength, and impressive form.
13Who can remove his outer garment;
who can come with a bridle for him?
14Who can open the doors of his mouth,
surrounded by frightening teeth?
15His matching scales are his pride,
closely locked and sealed.
16One touches another;
even air can’t come between them.
17Each clings to its pair;
joined, they can’t be separated.
18His sneezes emit flashes of light;
his eyes are like dawn’s rays.
19Shafts of fire shoot from his mouth;
like fiery sparks they fly out.
20Smoke pours from his nostrils
like a boiling pot over reeds.
21His breath lights coals;
a flame shoots from his mouth.
22Power resides in his neck;
violence dances before him.
23The folds of his flesh stick together;
on him they are tough and unyielding.
24His heart is solid like a rock,
hard like a lower millstone.
25The divine beings dread his rising;
they withdraw before his thrashing.
26The sword that touches him won’t prevail;
neither will the dart, spear, nor javelin.
27He treats iron as straw,
bronze as rotten wood.
28Arrows can’t make him flee;
slingstones he turns to straw.
29He treats a club like straw;
he laughs at the lance’s rattle.
30His abdomen is like jagged pottery shards;
its sharp edges leave a trail in the mud.
31He causes the depths to churn like a boiling pot,
stirs up the sea like a pot of scented oils,
32leaves a bright wake behind him;
the frothy deep seems white-haired.
33None on earth can compare to him;
he is made to be without fear.
34He looks on all the proud;
he is king over all proud beasts.
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