Job 41
41
1Can you pull in Leviathan#Jb 3:8; Ps 104:26; Is 27:1 with a hook#Is 19:8; Hab 1:15
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a cord#41:2 Lit reed through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?#2Kg 19:28; Jb 40:24; Is 37:29
3Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?
4Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?#Ex 21:6; Dt 15:17; 1Sm 27:12
5Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash#41:5 Lit or bind him for your girls?
6Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?
7Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8Lay a#41:8 Lit your hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!
9Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;#Jb 3:8; Jr 50:44
who then can stand against me?
11Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.#Ps 24:1; Rm 11:35; 1Co 10:26
12I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.
13Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?#41:13 LXX; MT reads double bridle#Jr 46:4; 51:3
14Who can open his jaws,#41:14 Lit open the doors of his face
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
15His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
16One scale is so close to another#41:16 Lit One by one they approach
that no air can pass between them.
17They are joined to one another,
so closely connected#41:17 Lit another; they cling together and they cannot be separated.
18His snorting#41:18 Or sneezing flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays#41:18 Lit eyelids of dawn.
19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!
20Smoke billows from his nostrils#2Sm 22:9; Jb 39:20; Ps 18:8
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
21His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.
22Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.
23The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal#41:23 Lit together, hard on him and immovable.
24His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
25When Leviathan rises, the mighty#41:25 Or the divine beings are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.
26The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
27He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
29A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs#2Ch 30:10; Jb 39:7,18; Hab 1:10 at the sound of a javelin.
30His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.#Is 41:15; Am 1:3
31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32He leaves a shining wake behind him;#41:32 Lit a path
one would think the deep had gray hair!
33He has no equal on earth —
a creature devoid of fear!
34He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.#41:34 Lit the children of pride
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Job 41
41
1“Can you catch Leviathan#41:1 Leviathan This animal might be a crocodile or a giant sea monster. with a fishhook?
Can you tie his tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a rope through his nose
or a hook through his jaw?
3Will he beg you to let him go free?
Will he speak to you with gentle words?
4Will he make an agreement with you
and promise to serve you forever?
5Will you play with Leviathan as you would play with a bird?
Will you put a rope on him so that your girls can play with him?
6Will fishermen try to buy him from you?
Will they cut him into pieces and sell him to the merchants?
7Can you throw spears into his skin or head?
8“If you ever lay a hand on Leviathan, you will never do it again!
Just think about the battle that would be!
9Do you think you can defeat him?
Well, forget it! There is no hope.
Just looking at him will scare you!
10No one is brave enough to wake him up
and make him angry.
“Well, no one can challenge me either!#41:10 Well, no one … either Or “No one can stand and fight him.”
11I owe nothing to anyone.
Everything under heaven belongs to me.#41:11 Or “No one has come near to Leviathan and survived—no one under heaven!”
12“I will tell you about Leviathan’s legs,
his strength, and his graceful shape.
13No one can pierce his skin.
It is like armor!#41:13 It is like armor Or “No one can approach him with a bridle.”
14No one can force him to open his jaws.
The teeth in his mouth scare people.
15His back has rows of shields
tightly sealed together.
16They are so close to each other
that no air can pass between them.
17The shields are joined to each other.
They hold together so tightly that they cannot be pulled apart.
18When Leviathan sneezes, it is like lightning flashing out.
His eyes shine like the light of dawn.
19Burning torches come from his mouth.
Sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours from his nose
like burning weeds under a boiling pot.
21His breath sets coals on fire,
and flames shoot from his mouth.
22His neck is very powerful.
People are afraid and run away from him.
23There is no soft spot in his skin.
It is as hard as iron.
24His heart is like a rock; he has no fear.
It is as hard as a millstone.
25When he gets up, even the strongest people#41:25 strongest people Or “gods.” are afraid.
They run away when he swings his tail.
26Swords, spears, and darts only bounce off when they hit him.
These weapons don’t hurt him at all!
27He breaks iron as easily as straw.
He breaks bronze like rotten wood.
28Arrows don’t make him run away.
Rocks thrown at him seem as light as chaff.
29When a wood club hits him, it feels to him like a piece of straw.
He laughs when anyone throws a spear at him.
30The skin on his belly is like sharp pieces of broken pottery.
He leaves tracks in the mud like a threshing board.
31He stirs up the water like a boiling pot.
He makes it bubble like a pot of boiling oil.
32When he swims, he leaves a sparkling path behind him.
He stirs up the water and makes it white with foam.
33No animal on earth is like him.
He is an animal made without fear.
34He looks down on the proudest of creatures.
He is king over all the wild animals.”
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