Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?
Can you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?
2 Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
Will he make many supplications to you? will he speak soft words to you?
4 Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?
Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?
6 Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle—no more!
Lay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
Who has prevented me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is 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 conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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 come to him with his double bridle?
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 scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn;
By his neesings a light does shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;
Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22 In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves:
When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail:
The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:
He esteems 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 arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
30 His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things on the mire.
31 He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!
He makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 There is not—upon the dust—his like, that hath been made to be without fear;
On earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.
He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
