Job 41
41
1“Can you draw out Leviathan # Job 3:8; Ps 74:14; 104:26; Isa 27:1 with a hook # 41:1 Hb text 40:25.
or snare his tongue with a line which you let down?
2Can you put a cord into his nose,
or pierce his jaw with a hook? # Isa 37:29
3Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak soft words to you?
4Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever? # Ex 21:6; Dt 15:17
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.
9Behold, 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?
11Who has preceded Me that I should repay him? # Ro 11:35
Everything under heaven is Mine. # Ps 24:1
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.
18His sneezing flashes forth light,
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. # Job 3:9
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.
21His breath kindles coals,
and a flame goes out of his mouth. # Ps 18:8
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.
33On earth there is nothing like him, # Job 40:19
a creature made without fear.
34He beholds all high things;
he is a king over all the children of pride.” # Job 28:8
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Job 41
41
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Ps 74.14; 104.26; Is 27.1 Can you catch Leviathan#41.1 Leviathan: See 3.8. with a fish-hook
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a rope through his snout
or put a hook through his jaws?
3Will he beg you to let him go?
Will he plead with you for mercy?
4Will he make an agreement with you
and promise to serve you for ever?
5Will you tie him up like a pet bird,
like something to amuse your servant women?
6Will fishermen bargain over him?
Will merchants cut him up to sell?
7Can you fill his hide with fishing spears
or pierce his head with a harpoon?
8Touch him once and you'll never try it again;
you'll never forget the fight!
9Anyone who sees Leviathan
loses courage and falls to the ground.
10When he is aroused, he is fierce;
no one would dare to stand before him.
11Who can attack him and still be safe?
No one in all the world can do it.#41.11 Verse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.
12Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs
and describe how great and strong he is.
13No one can tear off his outer coat
or pierce the armour#41.13 One ancient translation armour; Hebrew bridle. he wears.
14Who can make him open his jaws,
ringed with those terrifying teeth?
15His back#41.15 Some ancient translations back; Hebrew pride. is made of rows of shields,
fastened together and hard as stone.
16Each one is joined so tight to the next,
not even a breath can come between.
17They all are fastened so firmly together
that nothing can ever pull them apart.
18Light flashes when he sneezes,
and his eyes glow like the rising sun.
19Flames blaze from his mouth,
and streams of sparks fly out.
20Smoke comes pouring out of his nose,
like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.
21His breath starts fires burning;
flames leap out of his mouth.
22His neck is so powerful
that all who meet him are terrified.
23There is not a weak spot in his skin;
it is as hard and unyielding as iron.
24His stony heart is without fear,
as unyielding and hard as a millstone.
25When he rises up, even the strongest#41.25 strongest; or gods. are frightened;
they are helpless with fear.
26There is no sword that can wound him;
no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him.
27For him iron is as flimsy as straw,
and bronze as soft as rotten wood.
28There is no arrow that can make him run;
rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw.
29To him a club is a piece of straw,
and he laughs when men throw spears.
30The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery;
they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing-sledge.#41.30 threshing-sledge(s): These had sharp pieces of iron or stone fastened beneath them.
31He churns up the sea like boiling water
and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.
32He leaves a shining path behind him
and turns the sea to white foam.
33There is nothing on earth to compare with him;
he is a creature that has no fear.
34He looks down on even the proudest animals;
he is king of all wild beasts.
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