Job 41
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Job 41:1-9

1Canst thou draw outH4900 leviathanH3882 with an hookH2443? or his tongueH3956 with a cordH2256 which thou lettest downH8257?12

2Canst thou putH7760 an hookH100 into his noseH639? or boreH5344 his jawH3895 through with a thornH2336?

3Will he make manyH7235 supplicationsH8469 unto thee? will he speakH1696 softH7390 words unto thee?

4Will he makeH3772 a covenantH1285 with thee? wilt thou takeH3947 him for a servantH5650 for everH5769?

5Wilt thou playH7832 with him as with a birdH6833? or wilt thou bindH7194 him for thy maidensH5291?

6Shall the companionsH2271 make a banquetH3739 of him? shall they partH2673 him among the merchantsH3669?

7Canst thou fillH4390 his skinH5785 with barbed ironsH7905? or his headH7218 with fishH1709 spearsH6767?

8LayH7760 thine handH3709 upon him, rememberH2142 the battleH4421, do no moreH3254.

9Behold, the hopeH8431 of him is in vainH3576: shall not one be cast downH2904 even at the sightH4758 of him?

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 41:1 leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind. ↩
  2. 2. Job 41:1 which…: Heb. which thou drownest? ↩

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