Revised Version 1895

Job 41

1Canst thou drawoutיֻטָֽל׃yu.TalH2904leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

2Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jawthroughכִּ֣יkiH3588with a hook?

3Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

4Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

6Shall the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

8Lay thine handuponH935him; remember the battle, anddoH935soH3808noH3808moreH3808.

9BeholdH3808, the hope of him is in vain: shallnotH3808one be cast downevenH3808at the sight of him?

10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he thatcanH5869standbeforeH5869meH5869?

11Who hath first given untomeיַהֲלֹ֑כוּya.ha.Lo.khuH1980, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion.

13Who can stripoffH3318his outer garment? who shallcomeH3318within his double bridle?

14Who canopenפָ֭נָיוFa.navH6440the doors of hisfaceוּ֝לְפָנָ֗יוu.le.fa.NavH6440? round about his teeth is terror.

15Hisstrongמַפְּלֵ֣יma.pe.LeiH4651scales are his pride, shutupH5921togetherH5921as with acloseדָבֵ֑קוּda.Ve.kuH1692seal.

16One issoכְּמוֹ־ke.mov-H3644near toanotherאָ֑בֶן'A.venH68, that no air can come between them.

17They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

18His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

20Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and burning rushes.

21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

22In his neck abideth strength, and terror dancethbeforeעֲלֵי־'a.lei-H5921him.

23The flakes of his flesh are joinedtogetherיָ֝֗םYamH3220: they are firmuponיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760him; they cannot be moved.

24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

25When he raiseth himselfupH5921, the mighty are afraid: byreasonH5921of consternation they arebesideH5921themselvesH5921.

26Ifיִרְאֶ֑הyir.'EhH7200onelayבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

27He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

30His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.

31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment.

32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

33Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear.

34He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain