Job 41

Berean Standard Bible

The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

1“Can you pull inH4900 LeviathanH3882 with a hookH2443 or tie down his tongueH3956 H8257 with a ropeH2256?2Can you putH7760 a cordH100 through his noseH639 or pierceH5344 his jawH3895 with a hookH2336?3Will he begH7235 youH413 for mercyH8469 orH518 speakH1696 to youH413 softlyH7390?4Will he makeH3772 a covenantH1285 with youH5973 to take himH3947 as a slaveH5650 for lifeH5769?5Can you petH7832 him like a birdH6833 or put him on a leashH7194 for your maidensH5291?6Will tradersH2271 barterH3739 for himH5921 or divide himH2673 amongH996 the merchantsH3669?7Can you fillH4390 his hideH5785 with harpoonsH7905 or his headH7218 with fishingH1709 spearsH6767?8If you layH7760 a handH3709 on himH5921, you will rememberH2142 the battleH4421 and neverH408 repeat itH3254!

9SurelyH2005 hope of overcoming himH8431 is falseH3576.Is notH1571 the sight of himH4758 overwhelmingH2904?10No oneH3808 is so fierceH393 as toH3588 rouse LeviathanH5782.Then whoH4310 H1931 is able to standH3320 against MeH6440?11WhoH4310 has given to MeH6923 that I should repay himH7999?1EverythingH3605 underH8478 heavenH8064 isH1931 Mine.

12I cannotH3808 keep silentH2790 about his limbsH907 H1697,his powerH1369 and gracefulH2433 formH6187.13WhoH4310 can strip offH1540 his outerH6440 coatH3830?WhoH4310 can approachH935 him with a bridleH3718 ?214WhoH4310 can openH6605 his jawsH1817 H6440,ringedH5439 by his fearsomeH367 teethH8127?15His rowsH650 of scales areH4043 his prideH1346,tightlyH5462 sealed togetherH2368 H6862.16One scaleH259 is so nearH5066 to anotherH259that noH3808 airH7307 can passH935 between themH996.17They are joinedH1692 to oneH376 anotherH251;they claspH3920 and cannotH3808 be separatedH6504.

18His snortingH5846 flashesH1984 with lightH216,and his eyesH5869 are like the raysH6079 of dawnH7837.19FirebrandsH3940 streamH1980 from his mouthH6310;fieryH784 sparksH3590 shoot forthH4422!20SmokeH6227 billowsH3318 from his nostrilsH5156as from a boilingH5301 potH1731 over burning reedsH100.21His breathH5315 sets coalsH1513 ablazeH3857,and flamesH3851 pourH3318 from his mouthH6310.22StrengthH5797 residesH3885 in his neckH6677,and dismayH1670 leapsH1750 before himH6440.23The foldsH4651 of his fleshH1320 are tightly joinedH1692;they are firmH3332 and immovableH1077 H4131.24His chestH3820 is as hardH3332 asH3644 a rockH68,as hardH3332 as a lowerH8482 millstoneH6400!

25When Leviathan rises upH7613, the mightyH410 are terrifiedH1481;they withdrawH2398 before his thrashingH7667.26The swordH2719 that reaches himH5381 has noH1097 effectH6965,nor does the spearH2595 or dartH4551 or arrowH8302.27He regardsH2803 ironH1270 as strawH8401and bronzeH5154 as rottenH7539 woodH6086.28NoH3808 arrowH7198 can make him fleeH1272 H1121;slingstonesH68 H7050 becomeH2015 like chaffH7179 to him.29A clubH8455 is regardedH2803 as strawH7179,and he laughsH7832 at the soundH7494 of the lanceH3591.330His undersidesH8478 are jaggedH2303 potsherdsH2789,spreading outH7502 the mudH2916 like a threshing sledgeH2742 H5921.31He makes the depthsH4688 seetheH7570 like a cauldronH5518;he makesH7760 the seaH3220 like a jar of ointmentH4841.32He leaves a glisteningH215 wakeH5410 behind himH310;one would thinkH2803 the deepH8415 had white hairH7872!33NothingH369 onH5921 earthH6083 is his equalH4915—a creatureH6213 devoid ofH1097 fearH2844!34He looks downH7200 on allH3605 the haughtyH1364;heH1931 is kingH4428 overH5921 allH3605 the proudH7830.”