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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Iyoḇ (Job) 41
41
1“Would you draw out Liwiathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2Would you put a cord through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?
4Would he make a covenant with you to be taken as a servant forever?
5Would you play with him as with a bird? Or leash him for your young girls?
6Would trading partners bargain over him? Would they divide him among the merchants?
7Fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
8Put your hand on him – think of the struggle! Do not do it again!
9See, any expectation of him is disappointed – he is laid low even at the sight of him!
10No one is so foolhardy to wake him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
11Who has given to Me first, that I should repay him – under all the heavens that is Mine?
12I would not keep silent concerning his limbs, or his mighty power, or his fair frame.
13Who shall take off the surface of his skin? Who approaches him with a double bridle?
14Who shall open the doors of his face, with his frightening teeth all around?
15Rows of scales are his pride – closed up, a binding seal.
16One to the other they fit closely, not even a breath enters between them.
17They are joined one to another, they stick together and are not separated.
18His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go firebrands – sparks of fire shoot out.
20Out of his nostrils comes smoke, like a boiling pot or kettle.
21His breath sets coals on fire, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22Strength dwells in his neck, and fear leaps before him.
23The folds of his flesh cleave together. They are firm on him, immovable.
24His heart is as hard as stone, even as hard as the lower millstone.
25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. Because of his crashings they are bewildered.
26No sword that reaches him does prevail, neither spear, dart, or lance.
27He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
28The arrow does not make him flee, sling-stones become like stubble to him.
29Clubs are reckoned as straw, he laughs at the rattle of a lance.
30His undersides are like sharp potsherds. He sprawls on the mud like a threshing-sledge.
31He makes the deep boil like a pot, he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He leaves a shining path behind him. One would think the deep to be grey-haired.
33No one on earth is like him – one made without fear.
34He sees all that is haughty. He is sovereign over all the sons of pride.”
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