New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 41:4-26
4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?5Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?6Will the 1traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; 2you will not do it again!93Behold, 4your expectation is false; Will 5you be laid low even at the sight of him?10No one is so fierce that he dares to 6arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?11Who has 78given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is 9under the whole heaven is Mine.
12“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his 10orderly frame.13Who can 11strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double 12mail?14Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.15His 13strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.16One is so near to another That no air can come between them.17They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.18His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the 14eyelids of the morning.19Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.20Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.21His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.22In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.23The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.24His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.25When he raises himself up, the 15mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.26The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
Notes
- 1. Job 41:6 Lit partners ↩
- 2. Job 41:8 Lit do not add ↩
- 3. Job 41:9 Ch 41:1 in Heb ↩
- 4. Job 41:9 Lit his ↩
- 5. Job 41:9 Lit he ↩
- 6. Job 41:10 Job 3:8 ↩
- 7. Job 41:11 Lit anticipated ↩
- 8. Job 41:11 Rom 11:35 ↩
- 9. Job 41:11 Ex 19:5; Deut 10:14; Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 28:24; Ps 24:1; 50:12; 1 Cor 10:26 ↩
- 10. Job 41:12 Or graceful ↩
- 11. Job 41:13 Lit uncover the face of his garment ↩
- 12. Job 41:13 So Gr; Heb bridle ↩
- 13. Job 41:15 Lit rows of shields ↩
- 14. Job 41:18 Job 3:9 ↩
- 15. Job 41:25 Or gods ↩
Commentaries on Job 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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