Job 41
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Job 41:4-26

4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?5Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls?6Will the 1traders bargain for 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 hurled down even at the sight of him?10No one is so reckless that he dares to 6stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me?11Who has 7been first to give to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is 8under the entire heaven is Mine.

12“I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.13Who can 9strip off his outer covering? Who can 10pierce his double 11armor?14Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.15His 12strong scales are his pride, Locked as with a tight seal.16One is so close 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 13eye of dawn.19From his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.20From his nostrils smoke goes out As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.21His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.22In his neck dwells strength, And dismay leaps before him.23The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him.24His heart is as firm as a stone, And as firm as a lower millstone.25When he rises up, the 14mighty are afraid; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.26The sword that reaches him cannot 15prevail, Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 41:6 Lit partners ↩
  2. 2. Job 41:8 Lit do not add ↩
  3. 3. Job 41:9 Ch 41:1 in Heb ↩
  4. 4. Job 41:9 Lit his ↩
  5. 5. Job 41:9 Lit he ↩
  6. 6. Job 41:10 Job 3:8 ↩
  7. 7. Job 41:11 Rom 11:35 ↩
  8. 8. 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 ↩
  9. 9. Job 41:13 Lit uncover the face of his garment ↩
  10. 10. Job 41:13 Lit come into ↩
  11. 11. Job 41:13 As in LXX; Heb bridle ↩
  12. 12. Job 41:15 Lit rows of shields ↩
  13. 13. Job 41:18 Job 3:9 ↩
  14. 14. Job 41:25 Or gods ↩
  15. 15. Job 41:26 Lit rise ↩

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