Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out the crocodile with a fishhook? or cause his tongue to sink into the batted rope?
Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?
2 Canst thou put a reed through his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
3 Will he address many supplications unto thee? or will he speak submissively unto thee?
Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? that thou couldst take him as a servant for ever?
Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?
5 Canst thou play with him as with a bird? and tie him up for thy maidens?
Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
6 Can companions waylay him? can they divide him among merchants?
Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? and [pierce] with a fish-spear his head?
Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?
8 Lay thy hand upon him; think of the battle: thou wilt never do it again.
Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle—no more!
9 Behold, his expectation was deceived: even at his mere sight is he cast down.
Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?
10 None is so daring that he would stir him up: and who is there that will stand up before me?
None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
11 Who hath shown me favor, that I should repay him! whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.—
Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
12 I will not conceal [the account of] his limbs, nor the relation of his might, nor the grace of his proportion.
I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour.
13 Who hath ever laid open the front of his garment? or who can penetrate into his double row of teeth?
Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter?
14 Who hath opened the doors of his face? all round about his teeth abideth terror.
The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror!
15 What pride is there in [his] strong shields; he is locked up as with a close seal.
A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal;
16 One is joined to another; and no breath can come between them.
One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
17 They are fitted closely one to another: they are interlocked, that they cannot be severed.
Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
18 From his sneezing there beameth forth a light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning-dawn.
His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn;
19 Out of his mouth issue burning torches, sparks of fire escape [therefrom].
Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;
20 Out of his nostrils cometh forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh out of his mouth.
His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
22 In his neck abideth strength, and before him danceth terror joyfully.
In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
23 The flakes of his flesh are fitted closely together: they are as molten metal on him, immovable.
The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
24 His heart is firm like a stone: yea, as firm as the nether millstone.
His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
25 At his lifting himself up the mighty are terrified: the waves also are lessened.
At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves:
26 If one overtake him with the sword, it cannot hold; nor the spear, the dart, and armor.
As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail:
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:
28 The child of the bow cannot make him flee: into stubble are slingstones changed unto him.
The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling-stones changed by him:
29 Clubs are esteemed as stubble, and he laugheth at the whirring of the lance.
As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
30 Beneath him are sharp-pointed potsherds, he spreadeth out, [as it were, a] threshing-roller upon the mire.
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
31 He causeth the deep to boil like a pot: he rendereth the sea like an apothecary's mixture.
He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
32 Behind him he causeth his pathway to shine, [so that] men esteem the deep to be hoary.
After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!
33 There is none upon earth that ruleth over him, who is made to be without dread.
There is not—upon the dust—his like, that hath been made to be without fear;
34 He looketh upon all that is high: he is the king over all the ravenous beasts.
Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.
