Job 41 — JPSTN

41(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?²(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?³(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?⁴(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?⁵(40-29) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?⁶(40-30) Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?⁷(40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?⁸(40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.⁹(41-1) Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?¹⁰(41-2) None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?¹¹(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.¹²(41-4) Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?¹³(41-5) Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?¹⁴(41-6) Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.¹⁵(41-7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.¹⁶(41-8) One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.¹⁷(41-9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.¹⁸(41-10) His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.¹⁹(41-11) Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.²⁰(41-12) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.²¹(41-13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.²²(41-14) In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.²³(41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.²⁴(41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.²⁵(41-17) When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.²⁶(41-18) If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.²⁷(41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.²⁸(41-20) The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.²⁹(41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.³⁰(41-22) Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.³¹(41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.³²(41-24) He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.³³(41-25) Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.³⁴(41-26) He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.