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Job 41:4-26

4Will he make a covenant with thee,That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?6Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him?Will they part him among the merchants?7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons,Or his head with fish-spears?8Lay thy hand upon him;Remember the battle, and do so no more.9Behold, the hope of him is in vain:Will not oneH376 be cast down even at the sight of him?10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up;Who then is he that can stand before me?11Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him?Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.12I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.13Who can strip off his outer garment?Who shall comeH3318 within his jaws?14Who can open the doors of his faceH6440?Round about his teeth is terror.15Hisstrong scales are his pride,Shut up together as with a close seal.16One is so near to another,That no air can come between them.17They are joined one to another;They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.18His sneezings flash forth light,And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.19Out of his mouth go burning torches,And sparks of fire leap forth.20Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth,As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.21His breath kindleth coals,And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.22In his neck abideth strength,And terror danceth before him.23The flakes of his flesh are joined together:They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.24His heart is as firm as a stone;Yea, firm as the nether millstone.25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid:By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail;Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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