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Job 40:6-41:34
New International Version
Job 40:6-41:34
New International Version
6 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:(A)
7 “Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.(B)
8 “Would you discredit my justice?(C)
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(D)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s,(E)
and can your voice(F) thunder like his?(G)
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.(H)
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,(I)
look at all who are proud and bring them low,(J)
12 look at all who are proud(K) and humble them,(L)
crush(M) the wicked where they stand.
13 Bury them all in the dust together;(N)
shroud their faces in the grave.(O)
14 Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.(P)
15 “Look at Behemoth,
which I made(Q) along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.(R)
16 What strength(S) it has in its loins,
what power in the muscles of its belly!(T)
17 Its tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.(U)
18 Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs(V) like rods of iron.(W)
19 It ranks first among the works of God,(X)
yet its Maker(Y) can approach it with his sword.(Z)
20 The hills bring it their produce,(AA)
and all the wild animals play(AB) nearby.(AC)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
hidden among the reeds(AD) in the marsh.(AE)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream(AF) surround it.
23 A raging river(AG) does not alarm it;
it is secure, though the Jordan(AH) should surge against its mouth.
24 Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
or trap it and pierce its nose?(AI)
41 [a]“Can you pull in Leviathan(AJ) with a fishhook(AK)
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through its nose(AL)
or pierce its jaw with a hook?(AM)
3 Will it keep begging you for mercy?(AN)
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4 Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?(AO)
5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6 Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?(AP)
8 If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!(AQ)
9 Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.(AR)
10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it.(AS)
Who then is able to stand against me?(AT)
11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?(AU)
Everything under heaven belongs to me.(AV)
12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,(AW)
its strength(AX) and its graceful form.
13 Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor[b]?(AY)
14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth,(AZ)
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15 Its back has[c] rows of shields
tightly sealed together;(BA)
16 each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
17 They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.(BB)
19 Flames(BC) stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours from its nostrils(BD)
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 Its breath(BE) sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.(BF)
22 Strength(BG) resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24 Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.(BH)
25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;(BI)
they retreat before its thrashing.(BJ)
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.(BK)
27 Iron it treats like straw(BL)
and bronze like rotten wood.
28 Arrows do not make it flee;(BM)
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw;(BN)
it laughs(BO) at the rattling of the lance.
30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.(BP)
31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron(BQ)
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.(BR)
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33 Nothing on earth is its equal(BS)—
a creature without fear.
34 It looks down on all that are haughty;(BT)
it is king over all that are proud.(BU)”
Job 40:6-41:34
King James Version
Job 40:6-41:34
King James Version
6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
41 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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