Job 41 — T4T

Yahweh challenged Job to try to capture a crocodile

41Verse 1“Think also about ◄crocodiles/great sea dragons►.Can you catch them with a fishhook
or fasten their jaws with a rope?^{Verse 2}Can you put ropes through their noses to control themor thrust hooks through their jaws?^{Verse 3}Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward themor ◄use sweet talk/speak to you nicely► in order that you will not harm them?^{Verse 4}Will they make an agreement with you to work for you,to be your slaves as long as they live?^{Verse 5}Can you cause them to become pets like you cause birds to become your pets?Can you put a leash/rope around their necks so that your servant girls can play with them?^{Verse 6}Will merchants try to buy them in the market?Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?^{Verse 7}Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them?Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?^{Verse 8}If you grab one of them with your hands, it will fight you in a way that you will never forget,and you will never try to do it again!^{Verse 9}It is useless to try to subdue them.Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage.^{Verse 10}No one dares/tries to ◄arouse them/cause them to be angry►.So, since I am much more powerful than they are, ◄who would dare to cause me to be angry?/no one would dare to cause me to be angry!► [RHQ]^{Verse 11}Also, everything on the earth is mine.Therefore, no one [RHQ] is able to give anything to me and require me to pay money for it!^{Verse 12}I will tell you about how strong crocodiles' legs areand how strong their well-formed bodies are.^{Verse 13}◄Can anyone strip off their hides?/No one is able to strip off their hides.► [RHQ]◄Can anyone try to put bridles on them?/No one can try to put bridles on them.► [RHQ] (OR, Can anyone pierce their very thick hides?)^{Verse 14}◄Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?/No one can pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them!► [RHQ]
^{Verse 15}They have rows of scales on their backwhich are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).^{Verse 16}The scales are very close together,with the result that not even air can get between them.^{Verse 17}The scales are joined very closely to each other,and they cannot be separated.^{Verse 18}When crocodiles sneeze, the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses sparkle in the sunlight.Their eyes are red like the rising sun.^{Verse 19}It is as though sparks of fire pour out of their mouths [DOU].
^{Verse 20}Smoke pours out of their nostrils/noseslike steam comes out of a pot that is put over a fire made from dry reeds.^{Verse 21}Their breath can cause coals to blaze,and flames shoot out from their mouths.^{Verse 22}Their necks are very strong;wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid.^{Verse 23}The folds in their flesh are very close togetherand are very hard/firm.^{Verse 24}They are fearless, becausethe inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock,
as hard as the lower millstone on which grain is ground.^{Verse 25}When they rise up, they cause even very strong people to be terrified.As a result, people ◄fall back/run away► when crocodiles thrash around.^{Verse 26}People [PRS] cannot injure them with swords,and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either.^{Verse 27}They certainly are not afraid of weapons made of straw or rotten wood,but they are not even afraid of weapons made of iron or bronze!^{Verse 28}Shooting arrows at them does not cause them to run away.Hurling stones at them from a sling is like hurling bits of chaff at them.^{Verse 29}They are not afraid of clubs any more than they would be afraid of men throwing bits of straw at them,and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins being thrown at them .^{Verse 30}Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery.When they drag themselves through the mud,
their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.^{Verse 31}They stir up the water and cause it to foamas they churn/swim through it.^{Verse 32}As they go through the water, the ◄wakes/trails in the water behind them► glisten.People who see it would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair.^{Verse 33}There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles.
^{Verse 34}They are the proudest of all the creatures;it is as though they rule like kings over all the other wild animals.”