Job 41
41
1“Can you catch Leviathan# A sea creature, exact identity unknown. on a fishhook?
Or can you tie his tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through his nose
or put a hook in his jaw?
3Will he keep begging you for mercy?
Will he speak to you with gentle words?
4Will he make an agreement with you?
Will he let you take him as your slave for life?
5Can you make a pet of Leviathan as you would a bird?
Or can you put him on a leash for your girls?
6Will traders try to bargain with you for him?
Will they divide him up among the traders?
7Can you stick him with darts until his skin is full of them?
Or can you fill his head with fishing spears?
8If you put one hand on him,
you will never forget the battle.
And you will never do it again!
9There is no hope of defeating him.
Just seeing him overwhelms people.
10No one is brave enough to make him angry.
So who would be able to stand up against me?
11No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back.
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12“I can silence his bragging.
I can silence his brave words and powerful arguments.
13No one can tear off his outer hide.
No one can poke through his double armor.
14No one can force open his great jaws.
There are frightening teeth all around his jaws.
15He has rows of shields on his back.
They are tightly sealed together.
16Each shield is so close to the next one
that no air can go between them.
17They are joined strongly to one another.
They hold on to each other and cannot be broken apart.
18When he snorts, flashes of light are thrown out.
His eyes look like the light at dawn.
19Flames blaze from his mouth.
Sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours out of his nose
as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.
21His breath sets coals on fire.
And flames come out of his mouth.
22There is great strength in his neck.
People are afraid and run away from him.
23The folds of his skin are tightly joined.
They are set and cannot be moved.
24His chest is as hard as a rock.
It is as hard as a stone used to grind grain.
25Powerful creatures fear his terrible looks.
They draw back in fear as he moves.
26The sword that hits him does not hurt him.
The darts and spears, small and large, do not hurt him.
27He treats iron as if it were straw.
And he treats bronze metal as if it were rotten wood.
28He does not run away from arrows.
Stones from slings are like chaff to him.
29Clubs feel like pieces of straw to him.
And he laughs when they shake a spear at him.
30The underside of his body is like broken pieces of pottery.
It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.
31He makes the deep sea bubble like a boiling pot.
And he stirs up the sea like a pot of oil.
32When he swims, he leaves a shining path in the water.
It makes the sea look as if it had white hair.
33Nothing else on earth is equal to him.
He is a creature without fear.
34He looks down on all those who are too proud.
He is king over all proud creatures.”
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Job 41
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# 41 In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26. 1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through its nose
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3Will it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?
5Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?
8If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
9Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.
10No one is fierce enough to rouse it.
Who then is able to stand against me?
11Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
13Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor#41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle?
14Who dares open the doors of its mouth,
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15Its back has#41:15 Or Its pride is its rows of shields
tightly sealed together;
16each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
17They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
18Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Flames stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours from its nostrils
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21Its breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.
22Strength resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.
25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before its thrashing.
26The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
27Iron it treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.
28Arrows do not make it flee;
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29A club seems to it but a piece of straw;
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
30Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
32It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33Nothing on earth is its equal—
a creature without fear.
34It looks down on all that are haughty;
it is king over all that are proud.”
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