Job 41
1 “Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Do you put a reed in his nose? And pierce his jaw with a thorn?
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 Does he multiply supplications to you? Does he speak tender things to you?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Does he make a covenant with you? Do you take him for a perpetual servant?
Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5 Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 (Companions feast on him, They divide him among the merchants!)
Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7 Do you fill his skin with barbed irons? And his head with fish-spears?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
8 Place your hand on him, Remember the battle—do not add!
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is found a liar, Also, is one not cast down at his appearance?
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None so fierce that he awakes him, And who [is] he [who] stations himself before Me?
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
11 Who has brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] Mine.
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13 Who has uncovered the face of his clothing? Who enters within his double bridle?
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14 Who has opened the doors of his face? Around his teeth [are] terrible.
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15 A pride—strong ones of shields, Shut up—a close seal.
[His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.
16 They draw near to one another, And air does not enter between them.
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
17 They adhere to one another, They stick together and are not separated.
They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
18 His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Flames go out of his mouth, sparks of fire escape.
Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Smoke goes forth out of his nostrils, As a blown pot and reeds.
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.
21 His breath sets coals on fire, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
22 Strength lodges in his neck, And grief exults before him.
In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh have adhered—Firm on him—it is not moved.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart [is] firm as a stone, Indeed, firm as the lower piece.
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
25 The mighty are afraid at his rising, From his breakings they keep themselves free.
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
26 The sword of his overtaker does not stand, Spear, dart, and breastplate.
If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27 He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.
28 The son of the bow does not cause him to flee, Stones of the sling are turned into stubble by him.
The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts have been reckoned as stubble, And he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.
Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
30 Sharp points of clay [are] under him, He spreads gold on the mire.
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.
31 He causes the deep to boil as a pot, He makes the sea as a pot of ointment.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He causes a path to shine after him, One thinks the deep to be hoary.
He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
33 There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror.
Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.
34 He sees every high thing, He [is] king over all sons of pride.”
He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
