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
41
The Lord’s Challenge Continues
1 # 41:1a Verses 41:1-8 are numbered 40:25-32 in Hebrew text. “Can you catch Leviathan#41:1b The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature. with a hook
or put a noose around its jaw?
2Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
3Will it beg you for mercy
or implore you for pity?
4Will it agree to work for you,
to be your slave for life?
5Can you make it a pet like a bird,
or give it to your little girls to play with?
6Will merchants try to buy it
to sell it in their shops?
7Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?
8If you lay a hand on it,
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won’t try that again!
9 # 41:9 Verses 41:9-34 are numbered 41:1-26 in Hebrew text. No, it is useless to try to capture it.
The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.
10And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
11Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
12“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
13Who can strip off its hide,
and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?#41:13 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads its bridle?
14Who could pry open its jaws?
For its teeth are terrible!
15The scales on its back are like#41:15 As in some Greek manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads Its pride is in its. rows of shields
tightly sealed together.
16They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
17Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
18“When it sneezes, it flashes light!
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
19Lightning leaps from its mouth;
flames of fire flash out.
20Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
21Its breath would kindle coals,
for flames shoot from its mouth.
22“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck
strikes terror wherever it goes.
23Its flesh is hard and firm
and cannot be penetrated.
24Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.
25When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
gripped by terror.
26No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.
27Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.
28Arrows cannot make it flee.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
29Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
30Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
31“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
32The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
33Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
34Of all the creatures, it is the proudest.
It is the king of beasts.”
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