Job 41
41
1“Can you draw out Leviathan#41:1 Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature. with a fish hook,
or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Can you put a rope into his nose,
or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 Will he make many petitions to you,
or will he speak soft words to you?
4 Will he make a covenant with you,
that you should take him for a servant forever?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him for your girls?
6 Will traders barter for him?
Will they part him amongst the merchants?
7Can you fill his skin with barbed irons,
or his head with fish spears?
8Lay your hand on him.
Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain.
Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
Everything under the heavens is mine.
12“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who will come within his jaws?
14Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
15 Strong scales are his pride,
shut up together with a close seal.
16One is so near to another,
that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined to one another.
They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
18 His sneezing flashes out light.
His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches.
Sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes,
as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
21 His breath kindles coals.
A flame goes out of his mouth.
22 There is strength in his neck.
Terror dances before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together.
They are firm on him.
They can’t be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone,
yes, firm as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid.
They retreat before his thrashing.
26 If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail;
nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28The arrow can’t make him flee.
Sling stones are like chaff to him.
29Clubs are counted as stubble.
He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
30His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31He makes the deep to boil like a pot.
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He makes a path shine after him.
One would think the deep had white hair.
33On earth there is not his equal,
that is made without fear.
34He sees everything that is high.
He is king over all the sons of pride.”
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Job 41
41
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
1“#41:1 Ch 40:25 in Hebrew.Can you draw out #41:1 Or the crocodile. In recent years archeologists have uncovered the remains of crocodiles much larger and far more terrifying than those known today.Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?
4“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?
5“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?
6“Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
7“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
8“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!
9“#41:9 Ch 41:4 in Hebrew.Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false;
Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?
10“No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan;
Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?
11“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?] [Rom 11:35]
12¶“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Nor his mighty strength, nor his orderly frame.
13“Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor?
Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?
14“Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face?
Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror.
15“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound 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 and cannot be separated.
18“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.
19“Out of his mouth go burning torches,
And sparks of fire leap out.
20“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and [as from] burning rushes.
21“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22“In Leviathan’s neck resides strength,
And dismay and terror dance before him.
23“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].
24“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone.
25“When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
26“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor [does] the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27“He considers iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
28“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are treated as stubble by him.
29“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.
30“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;
He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
31“He makes the deep water boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment.
32“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].
33“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.
34“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, #41:34 This repeats the thought of vv 10, 11, which is the key to God’s argument with Job.who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”
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