Job - Chapter 41 | New King James Version

  • 1. "Can you draw out Leviathan {cf2super [61]} with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
  • 2. Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
  • 3. Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
  • 4. Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?
  • 5. Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?
  • 6. Will your companions make a banquet {cf2super [62]} of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?
  • 7. Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
  • 8. Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again!
  • 9. Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
  • 10. No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
  • 11. Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
  • 12. "I will not conceal {cf2super [63]} his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
  • 13. Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?
  • 14. Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?
  • 15. His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;
  • 16. One is so near another That no air can come between them;
  • 17. They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
  • 18. His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
  • 19. Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.
  • 20. Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
  • 21. His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.
  • 22. Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.
  • 23. The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
  • 24. His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.
  • 25. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside {cf2super [64]} themselves.
  • 26. Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
  • 27. He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.
  • 28. The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.
  • 29. Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.
  • 30. His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
  • 31. He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
  • 32. He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.
  • 33. On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.
  • 34. He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride."
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