Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
2 Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
3 Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
4 Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?
Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
6 Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders?
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
7 Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
8 Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle—no more!
Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
9 Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?
Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
10 None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?
11 Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
12 I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour.
I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
13 Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter?
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?
14 The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror!
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal;
His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.
16 One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
17 Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
18 His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn;
His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;
Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
20 Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
21 His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
23 The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
24 His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.
25 At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves:
When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
26 As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail:
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:
For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling-stones changed by him:
The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
32 After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!
A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
33 There is not—upon the dust—his like, that hath been made to be without fear;
There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.
34 Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.
He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.
