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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Job 41
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Job 41
1¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?
2Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
4Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?
6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
7Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?
8Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.
9Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.
10No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?
11¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine.
12I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order.
13Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle?
14Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.
15His scales {Heb. shields} are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated.
18By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.
23The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move.
24His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
25Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves.
26When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him.
27He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.
29He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
30Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.
31He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.
34He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.
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