Job 41
1 Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down — his tongue?
Can you draw out leviathan (sea serpent) with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?
2 Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?
Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?
Will he make many supplications unto you? will he speak soft words unto you?
4 Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?
Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?
5 Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?
6 (Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle — do not add!
Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who [is] he before Me stationeth himself?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] mine.
Who has prevented 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 conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth 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? Round about his teeth [are] terrible.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 A pride — strong ones of shields, Shut up — a close seal.
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
By his exhaling a light does shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.
Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.
His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22 In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.
In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh have adhered — Firm upon him — it is not moved.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart [is] firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.
When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear — dart — and lance.
The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the armour of jacket.
27 He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.
He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.
The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
30 Under him [are] sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.
He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.
He makes 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, who is made without fear.
34 Every high thing he doth see, He [is] king over all sons of pride.
He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
