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Job 41:12-34
English Standard Version
Job 41:12-34
English Standard Version
12 “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who would come near him with a bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
15 His back is made of[a] rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17 They are (A)joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
and his eyes are like (B)the eyelids of the dawn.
19 Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath (C)kindles coals,
and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck abides strength,
and terror dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh (D)stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.
24 His heart is hard as a stone,
hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty[b] are afraid;
at the crashing they are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
30 His underparts are like sharp (E)potsherds;
he spreads himself like (F)a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
one would think the deep to be white-haired.
33 (G)On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
34 He sees everything that is high;
he is king over all the (H)sons of pride.”
Job 41:12-34
New International Version
Job 41:12-34
New International Version
12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,(A)
its strength(B) and its graceful form.
13 Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor[a]?(C)
14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth,(D)
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15 Its back has[b] rows of shields
tightly sealed together;(E)
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.(F)
19 Flames(G) stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours from its nostrils(H)
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 Its breath(I) sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.(J)
22 Strength(K) 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.(L)
25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;(M)
they retreat before its thrashing.(N)
26 The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.(O)
27 Iron it treats like straw(P)
and bronze like rotten wood.
28 Arrows do not make it flee;(Q)
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw;(R)
it laughs(S) at the rattling of the lance.
30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.(T)
31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron(U)
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.(V)
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33 Nothing on earth is its equal(W)—
a creature without fear.
34 It looks down on all that are haughty;(X)
it is king over all that are proud.(Y)”
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