Job 41
41
1“Can you pull out Leviathan#41:1. Leviathan: some identify this creature with the crocodile, or a mythical beast. It is also mentioned in 3:8. with a hook? Can you tie its mouth shut? 2Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw? 3Will it beg you to let it go? Or will it talk softly to you? 4Will it make a contract with you? Will it agree to be your slave forever? 5Will you play with it like a pet bird? Will you put it on a leash for your girls? 6Will your trading partners decide on a price for him, and divide him up among the merchants? 7Can you pierce his skin with many harpoons, its head with fishing spears? 8If you were to grab hold of it, imagine the battle you would have! You wouldn't do that again! 9Any hope to capture it is foolish. Anyone who tries is thrown to the ground. 10Since no one has the courage to provoke Leviathan, who would dare to stand up against me? 11Who has confronted me with any claim that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12Let me tell you about Leviathan: its powerful legs and graceful proportions. 13Who can remove its hide? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?#41:13. Or “who can approach it with a double bridle?” 14Who can open its jaws? Its teeth are terrifying! 15Its pride#41:15. Or “back.” is its rows of scales, closed tightly together. 16Its scales are so close together that no air can pass between them. 17Each scale attaches to the next; they lock together and nothing can penetrate them. 18When it sneezes light shines out. Its eyes are like the rising sun. 19Flames pour from its mouth, sparks of fire shoot out. 20Smoke comes from its nostrils, like steam from a kettle on a fire made of reeds. 21Its breath sets fire to charcoal as flames shoot from its mouth. 22Its neck is powerful, and all who face him shake with terror. 23Its body is dense and solid, as if it is made from cast metal. 24Its heart is rock-hard, like a millstone. 25When it rises, even the powerful are terrified; they retreat as it thrashes about. 26Swords just bounce off it, as do spears, darts, and javelins. 27It brushes aside iron like straw, and bronze like rotten wood. 28Arrows cannot make it run away; stones from slingshots are like pieces of stubble. 29Clubs are also treated like stubble; it laughs at the sound made by flying spears. 30Its underparts are covered with points as sharp as broken pots; when it drags itself through the mud it leaves marks like a threshing sledge.#41:30. Threshing sledge: a board with sharp spikes for threshing grain. 31It churns up the sea like water in a boiling pot, like a steaming bowl when ointment is mixed. 32It leaves a glistening wake behind it as if the sea had white hair. 33There is nothing on earth like it: a creature that has no fear. 34It looks down on all other creatures. It is the proudest of all.”
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Job 41
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Leviathan
1 # 41.1 40:25 in Heb Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
restrain his tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through his nose,
pierce his jaw with a barb?
3Will he beg you at length
or speak gentle words to you?
4Will he make a pact with you
so that you will take him as a permanent slave?
5Can you play with him like a bird,
put a leash on him for your girls?
6Will merchants sell him;
will they divide him among traders?
7Can you fill his hide with darts,
his head with a fishing spear?
8Should you lay your hand on him,
you would never remember the battle.
9Such hopes#41.9 Or his hopes would be delusional;
surely the sight of him makes one stumble.
10Nobody is fierce enough to rouse him;
who then can stand before me?
11Who opposes me that I must repay?
Everything under heaven is mine.
12I’m not awed by his limbs,
his strength, and impressive form.
13Who can remove his outer garment;
who can come with a bridle for him?
14Who can open the doors of his mouth,
surrounded by frightening teeth?
15His matching scales are his pride,
closely locked and sealed.
16One touches another;
even air can’t come between them.
17Each clings to its pair;
joined, they can’t be separated.
18His sneezes emit flashes of light;
his eyes are like dawn’s rays.
19Shafts of fire shoot from his mouth;
like fiery sparks they fly out.
20Smoke pours from his nostrils
like a boiling pot over reeds.
21His breath lights coals;
a flame shoots from his mouth.
22Power resides in his neck;
violence dances before him.
23The folds of his flesh stick together;
on him they are tough and unyielding.
24His heart is solid like a rock,
hard like a lower millstone.
25The divine beings dread his rising;
they withdraw before his thrashing.
26The sword that touches him won’t prevail;
neither will the dart, spear, nor javelin.
27He treats iron as straw,
bronze as rotten wood.
28Arrows can’t make him flee;
slingstones he turns to straw.
29He treats a club like straw;
he laughs at the lance’s rattle.
30His abdomen is like jagged pottery shards;
its sharp edges leave a trail in the mud.
31He causes the depths to churn like a boiling pot,
stirs up the sea like a pot of scented oils,
32leaves a bright wake behind him;
the frothy deep seems white-haired.
33None on earth can compare to him;
he is made to be without fear.
34He looks on all the proud;
he is king over all proud beasts.
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