Job 41

God’s Power Shown in Creatures

1“1Can you drawH4900 out 23LeviathanH3882 with a fishhookH2443? Or pressH8257 downH8257 his tongueH3956 with a cordH2256?2Can you 4putH7760 a 5ropeH100 in his noseH639 Or pierceH5344 his jawH3895 with a 6hookH2336?3Will he makeH7235 manyH7235 supplicationsH8469 to you, OrH518 will he speakH1696 to you softH7390 wordsH1697?4Will he makeH3772 a covenantH1285 with you? Will you takeH3947 him for a servantH5650 foreverH5769?5Will you playH7832 with him as with a birdH6833, Or will you bindH7194 him for your maidensH5291?6Will the 7tradersH2271 bargainH3739 overH5921 him? Will they divideH2673 him amongH996 the merchantsH3669?7Can you fillH4390 his skinH5785 with harpoonsH7905, Or his headH7218 with fishingH1709 spearsH6767?8LayH7760 your handH3709 on him; RememberH2142 the battleH4421; 8you will not doH3254 it againH3254!99BeholdH2005, 10your expectationH8431 is falseH3576; Will 11you be laidH2904 lowH2904 evenH1571 at the sightH4758 of him?10NoH3808 one is so fierceH393 that he dares to 12arouseH5782 him; WhoH4310 then is he that can standH3320 beforeH6440 Me?11WhoH4310 has 1314givenH6923 to Me that I should repayH7999 him? Whatever is 15underH8478 the wholeH3605 heavenH8064 is Mine.

12“I will not keepH2790 silenceH2790 concerning his limbsH905, Or his mightyH1369 strengthH1369, or his 16orderlyH2433 frameH6187.13WhoH4310 can 17stripH1540 offH1540 his outerH6440 armorH3830? WhoH4310 can comeH935 within his doubleH3718 18mailH7448?14WhoH4310 can openH6605 the doorsH1817 of his faceH6440? AroundH5439 his teethH8127 there is terrorH367.15His 19strongH4651 scalesH4043 are his prideH1346, ShutH5462 up as with a tightH6862 sealH2368.16OneH259 is so nearH5066 to anotherH259 That noH3808 airH7307 can comeH935 betweenH996 them.17They are joinedH1692 oneH376 to anotherH251; They claspH3920 eachH376 other and cannotH3808 be separatedH6504.18His sneezesH5846 flashH1984 forthH1984 lightH216, And his eyesH5869 are like the 20eyelidsH6079 of the morningH7837.19Out of his mouthH6310 goH1980 burningH3940 torchesH3940; SparksH3590 of fireH784 leapH4422 forthH4422.20Out of his nostrilsH5156 smokeH6227 goesH3318 forthH3318 As from a boilingH5301 potH1731 and burning rushesH100.21His breathH5315 kindlesH3857 coalsH1513, And a flameH3851 goesH3318 forthH3318 from his mouthH6310.22In his neckH6677 lodgesH3885 strengthH5797, And dismayH1670 leapsH1750 beforeH6440 him.23The foldsH4651 of his fleshH1320 are joinedH1692 togetherH1692, FirmH3332 on him and immovableH1077H4131.24His heartH3820 is as hardH3332 as a stoneH68, Even as hardH3332 as a lowerH8482 millstoneH6400.25WhenH4480 he raisesH7613 himself up, the 21mightyH410 fearH1481; BecauseH4480 of the crashingH7667 they are bewilderedH2398.26The swordH2719 that reachesH5381 him cannotH1097 availH6965, NorH1097 the spearH2595, the dartH4551 or the javelinH8301.27He regardsH2803 ironH1270 as strawH8401, BronzeH5154 as rottenH7539 woodH6086.28The 22arrowH1121 cannotH3808 make him fleeH1272; SlingstonesH7050H68 are turnedH2015 into stubbleH7179 for him.29ClubsH8455 are regardedH2803 as stubbleH7179; He laughsH7832 at the rattlingH7494 of the javelinH3591.30His underpartsH8478 are like sharpH2303 potsherdsH2789; He 23spreadsH7502 out like a threshingH2742 sledgeH2742 on the mireH2916.31He makes the depthsH4688 boilH7570 like a potH5518; He makesH7760 the seaH3220 like a jarH4841 of ointmentH4841.32BehindH310 him he makes a wakeH5410 to shineH215; One would thinkH2803 the deepH8415 to be gray-hairedH7872.3324NothingH369 on 25earthH6083 is likeH4915 him, One madeH6213 withoutH1097 fearH2844.3426He looksH7200 on everythingH3605 that is highH1364; He is kingH4428 overH5921 allH3605 the 27sonsH1121 of prideH7830.”