Job 41
New King James Version
God’s Power in the Leviathan
41 “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[a] with a hook,
Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2 Can you (B)put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a [b]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 [c]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 (C)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
(D)Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 “I will not [d]conceal his limbs,
His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
13 Who can [e]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 [f]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 [g]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 [h]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.”
Job 41
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
41 “Job, mabibingwit mo kaya ang dragon na Leviatan? Matatalian mo kaya ang nguso niya ng lubid? 2 Matatalian mo ba ng lubid ang ilong niya o mailalagay mo kaya ang kawil sa kanyang panga? 3 Kapag nagawa mo iyon, makikiusap kaya siyang lagi sa iyo na pakawalan mo siya, o di kayaʼy magmakaawa siya sa iyo? 4 Makikipagkasundo kaya siya sa iyo na magpapaalipin habang buhay? 5 Magagawa mo kaya siyang parang alagang ibon o maibibigay mo ba siya sa iyong mga anak[a] na babae para kanilang laruin? 6 May negosyante kayang bibili sa kanya at hihiwa-hiwain siya para ipagbili? 7 Tatalaban kaya ng matulis na sibat ang kanyang ulo o balat? 8 Kapag hinawakan mo siya, maaalala mo kung gaano ito kahirap hulihin at masasabi mong hinding-hindi ka na uulit. 9 Walang saysay ang mga pagsisikap na hulihin siya, dahil makita mo pa lang siyaʼy maduduwag ka na. 10 Kung sa kanya ngaʼy walang mangangahas gumambala, sino pa kayang mangangahas na lumaban sa akin? 11 Sino ang makapagsasabing may utang na loob ako sa kanya? Ang lahat dito sa mundo ay akin.
12 “Sasabihin ko pa sa iyo ang tungkol sa katawan ng Leviatan at kung gaano siya kalakas at kamakapangyarihan. 13 Sinong makakatuklap ng kanyang balat o makakatusok nito? 14 Sino ang makakapagpabuka ng kanyang bunganga? Ang mga ngipin niyaʼy nakakatakot. 15 Ang likod niyaʼy may makakapal na kaliskis na parang panangga na nakasalansan. 16-17 Sobrang dikit-dikit na ito na kahit ang hangin ay hindi makakalusot at walang makakatuklap nito. 18 Kapag sumisinga siya, may lumalabas na parang kidlat at ang kanyang mga mata ay mapula na parang bukang-liwayway. 19 Bumubuga siya ng apoy, 20 at umuusok ang ilong na ang usok ay parang nagmumula sa kumukulong palayok na may nagliliyab na panggatong. 21 Ang hininga niyaʼy makapagpapabaga ng uling dahil sa apoy na lumalabas sa kanyang bunganga. 22 Nasa leeg ang kanyang lakas, at ang makakita sa kanya ay kinikilabutan. 23 Kahit ang kanyang mga laman ay siksik at matitigas. 24 Matigas din ang puso niya, kasintigas ng gilingang bato. 25 Kapag siyaʼy tumayo, takot na takot pati ang mga makapangyarihang tao. 26 Walang espada, sibat, pana, o palasong makakapanakit sa kanya. 27 Para sa kanya ang bakal ay kasinlambot lang ng dayami at ang tanso ay para lang bulok na kahoy. 28 Hindi niya iniilagan ang mga pana. Ang mga batong tumatama sa kanyaʼy nagiging parang mga ipa lang. 29 Ang mga kahoy na ipinapalo ay parang mga dayami lang sa kanya. At pinagtatawanan lang niya ang mga humahagibis na sibat na isinisibat sa kanya. 30 Ang tiyan niyaʼy may mga kaliskis na matalim, na parang mga basag na bote. Kaya kapag gumagapang siya sa putik, nag-iiwan siya ng mga bakas. 31 Kinakalawkaw niya ang dagat hanggang bumula na parang kumukulong tubig sa palayok o kumukulong langis sa kaldero. 32 Ang tubig na kanyang dinadaanan ay bumubula, parang puting buhok kung tingnan. 33 Wala siyang katulad dito sa mundo. Isa siyang nilalang na walang kinatatakutan. 34 Minamaliit niya ang lahat ng mayayabang na hayop. Siya ang hari ng lahat ng mababangis na hayop sa gubat.”
Footnotes
- 41:5 mga anak: o, mga alipin.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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