Job 41
41
1Whoever might vainly hope to do so
need only see him to be overthrown.
2No one is fierce enough to arouse him;
who then dares stand before me?
3Whoever has assailed me, I will pay back—
Everything under the heavens is mine.
4I need hardly mention his limbs,
his strength, and the fitness of his equipment.
5Who can strip off his outer garment,
or penetrate his double armor?
6Who can force open the doors of his face,
close to his terrible teeth?
7Rows of scales are on his back,
tightly sealed together;
8They are fitted so close to each other
that no air can come between them;
9So joined to one another
that they hold fast and cannot be parted.
10When he sneezes, light flashes forth;
his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
11Out of his mouth go forth torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
12From his nostrils comes smoke
as from a seething pot or bowl.
13His breath sets coals afire;
a flame comes from his mouth.
14Strength abides in his neck,
and power leaps before him.
15The folds of his flesh stick together,
it is cast over him and immovable.
16His heart is cast as hard as stone;
cast as the lower millstone.
17When he rises up, the gods are afraid;
when he crashes down, they fall back.
18Should a sword reach him, it will not avail;
nor will spear, dart, or javelin.
19He regards iron as chaff,
and bronze as rotten wood.
20No arrow will put him to flight;
slingstones used against him are but straw.
21Clubs he regards as straw;
he laughs at the crash of the spear.
22Under him are sharp pottery fragments,
spreading a threshing sledge upon the mire.
23He makes the depths boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a perfume bottle.
24Behind him he leaves a shining path;
you would think the deep had white hair.
25Upon the earth there is none like him,
he was made fearless.
26He looks over all who are haughty,
he is king over all proud beasts.
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Job 41
41
1 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
2 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
3 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
4 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
5 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
6 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.
7 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.
8 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.
9 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
10 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
11 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
12 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
13 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.
14 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.
15 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith's anvil.
16 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.
17 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
18 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.
19 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.
20 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.
21 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.
22 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.
23 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.
24 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.
25 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.
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