Job 41
New American Standard Bible
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
41 “[a]Can you drag out [b](A)Leviathan with a fishhook,
And press down his tongue with a rope?
2 Can you (B)put a [c]rope in his nose,
And pierce his jaw with a [d]hook?
3 Will he make many pleas to you,
Or will he speak to you gentle words?
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,
And tie him down for your young girls?
6 Will the [e]traders bargain for him?
Will they divide 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; [f]you will not do it again!
9 [g]Behold, [h]your expectation is false;
Will [i]you be hurled down even at the sight of him?
10 No one is so reckless that he dares to (C)stir him;
Who then is he who opposes Me?
11 Who has (D)been first to give to Me, that I should repay him?
Whatever is (E)under the entire heaven is Mine.
12 “I will not be silent about his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.
13 Who can [j]strip off his outer covering?
Who can [k]pierce his double [l]armor?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
15 His [m]strong scales are his pride,
Locked as with a tight seal.
16 One is so close to another
That no air can come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the (F)eye of dawn.
19 From his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
20 From his nostrils smoke goes out
As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
21 His breath sets coals aglow,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck dwells strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm and immovable on him.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone,
And as firm as a lower millstone.
25 When he rises up, the [n]mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
26 The sword that reaches him cannot [o]prevail,
Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
28 The [p]arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
29 Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
30 His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery;
He [q]spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
31 He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 Behind him he illuminates a pathway;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
33 (G)Nothing on [r]earth is like him,
One made without fear.
34 [s]He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the (H)sons of pride.”
Footnotes
- Job 41:1 Ch 40:25 in Heb
- Job 41:1 I.e., a sea monster or crocodile
- Job 41:2 Lit rope of rushes
- Job 41:2 Or thorn; or ring
- Job 41:6 Lit partners
- Job 41:8 Lit do not add
- Job 41:9 Ch 41:1 in Heb
- Job 41:9 Lit his
- Job 41:9 Lit he
- Job 41:13 Lit uncover the face of his garment
- Job 41:13 Lit come into
- Job 41:13 As in LXX; Heb bridle
- Job 41:15 Lit rows of shields
- Job 41:25 Or gods
- Job 41:26 Lit rise
- Job 41:28 Lit son of the bow
- Job 41:30 Or moves across
- Job 41:33 Lit dust
- Job 41:34 Ch 41:26 in Heb
Psalm 74:13-15
New American Standard Bible
13 [a]You (A)divided the sea by Your strength;
[b]You (B)broke the heads of the (C)sea monsters [c]in the waters.
14 [d]You crushed the heads of [e](D)Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the [f]creatures (E)of the wilderness.
15 [g]You (F)broke open springs and torrents;
[h]You (G)dried up ever-flowing streams.
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:13 Or You Yourself
- Psalm 74:13 Or You Yourself
- Psalm 74:13 Lit on
- Psalm 74:14 Or You Yourself
- Psalm 74:14 Or sea monster
- Psalm 74:14 Lit people
- Psalm 74:15 Or You Yourself
- Psalm 74:15 Or You Yourself
Psalm 104:25-26
New American Standard Bible
25 [a]There is the (A)sea, great and [b]broad,
In which are swarms without number,
Animals both small and great.
26 The (B)ships move along there,
And [c](C)Leviathan, which You have formed to have fun in it.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:25 Or This
- Psalm 104:25 Or broad of dimensions; lit hands
- Psalm 104:26 Or a sea monster
Isaiah 27:1-3
New American Standard Bible
God’s Blessings for Israel
27 On that day (A)the Lord will punish [a](B)Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even [b]Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And (C)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 On that day,
“A [c](D)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
3 I, the Lord, am its keeper;
(E)I water it every moment.
So that no one will [d]damage it,
I (F)guard it night and day.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
- Isaiah 27:2 Some mss a vineyard of wine
- Isaiah 27:3 Lit punish
Revelation 12-13
New American Standard Bible
The Woman, Israel
12 A great (A)sign appeared (B)in heaven: (C)a woman (D)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was pregnant and she *(E)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.
The Red Dragon, Satan
3 Then (F)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red (G)dragon having (H)seven heads and (I)ten horns, and on his heads were (J)seven crowns. 4 And his tail *swept away a (K)third of the stars of heaven and (L)hurled them to the earth. And the (M)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth (N)he might devour her Child.
The Male Child, Christ
5 And (O)she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to [a](P)rule all the [b]nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was (Q)caught up to God and to His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there [c]she would be nourished for (R)1,260 days.
The Angel, Michael
7 And there was war in heaven, (S)Michael and his angels waging war with the (T)dragon. The dragon and (U)his angels waged war, 8 and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great (V)dragon was thrown down, the (W)serpent of old who is called the devil and (X)Satan, who (Y)deceives the whole [d]world; he was (Z)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard (AA)a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the (AB)salvation, and the power, and the (AC)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the (AD)accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 And they (AE)overcame him because of (AF)the blood of the Lamb and because of (AG)the word of their testimony, and they (AH)did not love their life even [e]when faced with death. 12 For this reason, (AI)rejoice, you heavens and (AJ)you who dwell in them. (AK)Woe to the earth and the sea, because (AL)the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only (AM)a short time.”
13 And when the (AN)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted (AO)the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the (AP)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly (AQ)into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for (AR)a time, times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent. 15 And the (AS)serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 [f]But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon had hurled out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to (AT)make war with the rest of her [g](AU)children, who (AV)keep the commandments of God and (AW)hold to the testimony of Jesus.
The Beast from the Sea
13 And the dragon stood on the sand of the [h]seashore.
Then I saw a (AX)beast coming up out of the sea, having (AY)ten horns and (AZ)seven heads, and on his horns were (BA)ten crowns, and on his heads were (BB)blasphemous names. 2 And the beast that I saw was (BC)like a leopard, and his feet were like those of (BD)a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of (BE)a lion. And the (BF)dragon gave him his power and his (BG)throne, and great authority. 3 I saw one of his heads as if it had been [i]fatally wounded, and his (BH)fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth (BI)was amazed and followed after the beast; 4 they worshiped the (BJ)dragon because he (BK)gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “(BL)Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” 5 A mouth was given to him (BM)speaking [j]arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for (BN)forty-two months was given to him. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, (BO)those who dwell in heaven.
7 It was also given to him to (BP)make war with the [k]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over (BQ)every tribe, people, language, and nation. 8 All who (BR)live on the earth will worship him, everyone (BS)whose name has not been [l]written (BT)since the foundation of the world in the (BU)book of life of (BV)the Lamb who has been slaughtered. 9 (BW)If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 (BX)If anyone [m]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; (BY)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is (BZ)the [n]perseverance and the faith of the [o]saints.
The Beast from the Earth
11 Then (CA)I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had (CB)two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a (CC)dragon. 12 He (CD)exercises all the authority of the first beast [p](CE)in his presence. And he makes (CF)the earth and those who live on it (CG)worship the first beast, whose (CH)fatal wound was healed. 13 He (CI)performs great signs, so that he even makes (CJ)fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the presence of people. 14 And he (CK)deceives (CL)those who live on the earth because of (CM)the signs which it was given him to perform [q](CN)in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the (CO)wound of the sword and has come to life. 15 And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even [r]speak and cause (CP)all who do not (CQ)worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, (CR)the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, [s]to be given a (CS)mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the (CT)mark, either (CU)the name of the beast or (CV)the number of his name. 18 (CW)Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that (CX)of a [t]man; and his number is [u]six hundred and sixty-six.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:5 Or shepherd
- Revelation 12:5 Or Gentiles
- Revelation 12:6 Lit they would nourish her for
- Revelation 12:9 Lit inhabited earth
- Revelation 12:11 Lit to the point of death
- Revelation 12:16 Lit And
- Revelation 12:17 Lit seed
- Revelation 13:1 Lit sea
- Revelation 13:3 Lit slaughtered to death
- Revelation 13:5 Lit great things
- Revelation 13:7 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Revelation 13:8 Or written in the book...slain from the foundation of the world
- Revelation 13:10 Or leads into captivity
- Revelation 13:10 Or steadfastness
- Revelation 13:10 See note v 7
- Revelation 13:12 Or by his authority
- Revelation 13:14 Or by the authority of
- Revelation 13:15 One early ms speak, and he will cause
- Revelation 13:16 Lit so that they give them a mark
- Revelation 13:18 Or human
- Revelation 13:18 I.e., spelled out in Gr as 600 + 60 + 6; one early ms has the letters for 616
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