Job Chapter 41 (NKJV)
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1. Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? | |
2. Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? | |
3. Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? | |
4. Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? | |
5. Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? | |
6. Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? | |
7. Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? | |
8. Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again! | |
9. Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? | |
10. No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me? | |
11. Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. | |
12. I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. | |
13. Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? | |
14. Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? | |
15. His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal; | |
16. One is so near another That no air can come between them; | |
17. They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. | |
18. His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | |
19. Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. | |
20. Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. | |
21. His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. | |
22. Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. | |
23. The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. | |
24. His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone. | |
25. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. | |
26. Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. | |
27. He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood. | |
28. The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. | |
29. Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. | |
30. His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire. | |
31. He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. | |
32. He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair. | |
33. On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear. | |
34. He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride." |
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