Job 41Job41

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1. The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

2. 1KJVCanst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?BSBBSB: “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
3. 2KJVCanst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?BSBBSB: Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
4. 3KJVWill he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?BSBBSB: Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
5. 4KJVWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?BSBBSB: Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
6. 5KJVWilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?BSBBSB: Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
7. 6KJVShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?BSBBSB: Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
8. 7KJVCanst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?BSBBSB: Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
9. 8KJVLay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.BSBBSB: If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
10. 9KJVBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?BSBBSB: Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
11. 10KJVNone is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?BSBBSB: No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
12. 11KJVWho hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.BSBBSB: Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
13. 12KJVI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.BSBBSB: I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
14. 13KJVWho can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?BSBBSB: Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
15. 14KJVWho can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.BSBBSB: Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
16. 15KJVHis scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.BSBBSB: His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
17. 16KJVOne is so near to another, that no air can come between them.BSBBSB: One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
18. 17KJVThey are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.BSBBSB: They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
19. 18KJVBy his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.BSBBSB: His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
20. 19KJVOut of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.BSBBSB: Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
21. 20KJVOut of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.BSBBSB: Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
22. 21KJVHis breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.BSBBSB: His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
23. 22KJVIn his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.BSBBSB: Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
24. 23KJVThe flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.BSBBSB: The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
25. 24KJVHis heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.BSBBSB: His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
26. 25KJVWhen he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.BSBBSB: When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
27. 26KJVThe sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.BSBBSB: The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
28. 27KJVHe esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.BSBBSB: He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
29. 28KJVThe arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.BSBBSB: No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
30. 29KJVDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.BSBBSB: A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
31. 30KJVSharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.BSBBSB: His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
32. 31KJVHe maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.BSBBSB: He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
33. 32KJVHe maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.BSBBSB: He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
34. 33KJVUpon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.BSBBSB: Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
35. 34KJVHe beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.BSBBSB: He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”