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Job 41
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1Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said [of him]?
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breast-plate?
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.
6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7His inwards are [as] brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone.
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them.
8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.
10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.
11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.
12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.
15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.
17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate.
18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20The bow of brass shall not wound him, he deems a slinger as grass.
20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is as an immense [quantity of] clay.
22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range.
24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.
25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.
26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.