Job 41
41
1 #Job 41:1–34 in the English Bible is 40:25–41:26 in the Hebrew Bible “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or#Hebrew “And” can you tie down its mouth with a cord?#Literally “with a cord can you press down its tongue”
2Can you put a rope in its nose?
Or#Hebrew “And” can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?
3Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you?
Or will it speak gentle words to you?
4Will it make a covenant with you?
Will you take it as a slave forever?
5Will you play with it as with birds
and put it on a leash for your girls?
6Will guildsmen bargain over it?
Will they divide it between tradesmen?
7Can you fill its kin with harpoons
or#Hebrew “and” its head with fish spears?
8Lay your hands on it;
think about the battle—you will not do it again!
9“Look, the hope of capturing it#Literally “its hope” is false.
Will one be hurled down even at its sight?
10Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it?
Who then is he who would stand before it?#Or “Who is he thenwho could stand before me?”; literally “to the face of me”
11Who has come to confront me, that#Hebrew “and” I should repay him?
Under all the heavens, it belongs to me.#Literally “to me”
12“I will not keep quiet concerning its limbs
or#Hebrew “and” concerning the extent of its might and the gracefulness of its frame.
13Who can strip off its outer covering?#Literally “the surface of its garment”
Who can penetrate its double harness?
14Who can open the doors of its face?
Its teeth all around are fearsome.
15Its back#LXX; or “pride” has scales of shields;
it is shut up closely as with a seal.
16They are close to one another—#Literally “one to one”
even#Hebrew “and” the air cannot come between them.
17They are joined one to another;#Literally “a man to his brother”
they cling together and cannot be separated.
18“Its snorting flashes forth light,
and its eyes are red like dawn.#Literally “like eyelids of dawn”
19Torches go from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke comes from its nostrils
as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes.
21Its breath kindles charcoal,
and a flame comes from its mouth.
22“Strength abides in its neck,
and dismay#Or “strength” dances before it.#Literally “to the face of him/it”
23Its flesh’s folds of skin cling together;
it is cast on it—it will not be moved.
24Its heart is cast as stone;
yes,#Hebrew “and” it is cast as the lower millstone.
25When it raises itself,#Literally “From his/its rising up” the mighty ones are terrified;
they retreat because of its thrashing.
26Reaching it with the sword does not avail,
nor with the spear, the dart, or#Hebrew “and” the javelin.
27It regards iron as straw,
bronze as rotten wood.
28An arrow#Literally “A son of a bow” will not make it flee;
sling stones are turned to stubble for it.
29Clubs are regarded as stubble,
and it laughs at the short sword’s rattle.
30“Its underparts are shards of a potsherd;
it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.
31It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot;
it makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32Behind it, it leaves a glistening wake;#Literally “it lights up the path”
one would think that the deep has gray hair.
33“On the ground it has no equal#Literally “There is not on the ground its likeness”—
a#Hebrew “the” creature without fear.
34It observes all the lofty;
it is king over all that are proud.”#Literally “over all sons of pride”
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Job 41
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# 41 In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26. 1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through its nose
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3Will it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?
5Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?
8If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
9Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.
10No one is fierce enough to rouse it.
Who then is able to stand against me?
11Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
13Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor#41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle?
14Who dares open the doors of its mouth,
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15Its back has#41:15 Or Its pride is its rows of shields
tightly sealed together;
16each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
17They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
18Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Flames stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours from its nostrils
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21Its breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.
22Strength resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.
25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before its thrashing.
26The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
27Iron it treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.
28Arrows do not make it flee;
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29A club seems to it but a piece of straw;
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
30Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
32It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33Nothing on earth is its equal—
a creature without fear.
34It looks down on all that are haughty;
it is king over all that are proud.”
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