Job 41
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Ps 74.14; 104.26; Is 27.1 Can you catch Leviathan#41.1 Leviathan: See 3.8. with a fish-hook
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a rope through his snout
or put a hook through his jaws?
3Will he beg you to let him go?
Will he plead with you for mercy?
4Will he make an agreement with you
and promise to serve you for ever?
5Will you tie him up like a pet bird,
like something to amuse your servant women?
6Will fishermen bargain over him?
Will merchants cut him up to sell?
7Can you fill his hide with fishing spears
or pierce his head with a harpoon?
8Touch him once and you'll never try it again;
you'll never forget the fight!
9Anyone who sees Leviathan
loses courage and falls to the ground.
10When he is aroused, he is fierce;
no one would dare to stand before him.
11Who can attack him and still be safe?
No one in all the world can do it.#41.11 Verse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.
12Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs
and describe how great and strong he is.
13No one can tear off his outer coat
or pierce the armour#41.13 One ancient translation armour; Hebrew bridle. he wears.
14Who can make him open his jaws,
ringed with those terrifying teeth?
15His back#41.15 Some ancient translations back; Hebrew pride. is made of rows of shields,
fastened together and hard as stone.
16Each one is joined so tight to the next,
not even a breath can come between.
17They all are fastened so firmly together
that nothing can ever pull them apart.
18Light flashes when he sneezes,
and his eyes glow like the rising sun.
19Flames blaze from his mouth,
and streams of sparks fly out.
20Smoke comes pouring out of his nose,
like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.
21His breath starts fires burning;
flames leap out of his mouth.
22His neck is so powerful
that all who meet him are terrified.
23There is not a weak spot in his skin;
it is as hard and unyielding as iron.
24His stony heart is without fear,
as unyielding and hard as a millstone.
25When he rises up, even the strongest#41.25 strongest; or gods. are frightened;
they are helpless with fear.
26There is no sword that can wound him;
no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him.
27For him iron is as flimsy as straw,
and bronze as soft as rotten wood.
28There is no arrow that can make him run;
rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw.
29To him a club is a piece of straw,
and he laughs when men throw spears.
30The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery;
they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing-sledge.#41.30 threshing-sledge(s): These had sharp pieces of iron or stone fastened beneath them.
31He churns up the sea like boiling water
and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.
32He leaves a shining path behind him
and turns the sea to white foam.
33There is nothing on earth to compare with him;
he is a creature that has no fear.
34He looks down on even the proudest animals;
he is king of all wild beasts.
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Job 41
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The LORD Continues: Can You Conquer Leviathan, Job?
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Job 41:1–34
in English Bibles is Job 40:25–41:26 in the Hebrew Bible. “Can you pull Leviathan out ⌞of the water⌟ with a fishhook
or tie its tongue down with a rope?
2Can you put a ring through its nose
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3Will it plead with you for mercy
or speak tenderly to you?
4Will it make an agreement with you
so that you can take it as your permanent slave?
5Can you play with it like a bird
or keep it on a leash for your girls?
6Will traders bargain over it
and divide it among the merchants?
7Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?
8Lay your hand on it.
Think of the struggle!
Don’t do it again!
9Certainly, any hope ⌞of defeating it⌟ is a false hope.
Doesn’t the sight of it overwhelm you?
10No one is brave enough to provoke Leviathan.
Then who can stand in front of me? #41:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts “it.”
11Who can confront me that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to me!
12“I will not be silent about Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength, or its graceful form.
13Who can skin its hide?
Who can approach it with a harness?
14Who can open its closed mouth?
Its teeth are surrounded by terror.
15Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.
16One is so close to the other
that there is no space between them.
17Each is joined to the other.
They are locked together and inseparable.
18When Leviathan sneezes, it gives out a flash of light.
Its eyes are like the first rays of the dawn.
19Flames shoot from its mouth.
Sparks of fire fly from it.
20Smoke comes from its nostrils
like a boiling pot heated over brushwood.
21Its breath sets coals on fire,
and a flame pours from its mouth.
22Strength resides in its neck,
and power dances in front of it.
23The folds of its flesh stick to each other.
They are solid and cannot be moved.
24Its chest is solid like a rock,
solid like a millstone.
25“The mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises.
Broken down, they draw back.
26A sword may strike it but not pierce it.
Neither will a spear, lance, or dart.
27It considers iron to be like straw
and bronze to be like rotten wood.
28An arrow won’t make it run away.
Stones from a sling turn to dust against it.
29It considers clubs to be like stubble,
and it laughs at a rattling javelin.
30Its underside is like sharp pieces of broken pottery.
It stretches out like a threshing #41:30 Threshing is the process of beating stalks to separate them from the grain. sledge on the mud.
31It makes the deep sea boil like a pot.
It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle.
32It leaves a shining path behind it
so that the sea appears to have silvery hair.
33Nothing on land can compare to it.
It was made fearless.
34It looks down on all high things.
It is king of everyone who is arrogant.”
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