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Job 41
Reina-Valera 1960
Job 41
Reina-Valera 1960
41 ¿Sacarás tú al leviatán(A) con anzuelo,
O con cuerda que le eches en su lengua?
2 ¿Pondrás tú soga en sus narices,
Y horadarás con garfio su quijada?
3 ¿Multiplicará él ruegos para contigo?
¿Te hablará él lisonjas?
4 ¿Hará pacto contigo
Para que lo tomes por siervo perpetuo?
5 ¿Jugarás con él como con pájaro,
O lo atarás para tus niñas?
6 ¿Harán de él banquete los compañeros?
¿Lo repartirán entre los mercaderes?
7 ¿Cortarás tú con cuchillo su piel,
O con arpón de pescadores su cabeza?
8 Pon tu mano sobre él;
Te acordarás de la batalla, y nunca más volverás.
9 He aquí que la esperanza acerca de él será burlada,
Porque aun a su sola vista se desmayarán.
10 Nadie hay tan osado que lo despierte;
¿Quién, pues, podrá estar delante de mí?
11 ¿Quién me ha dado a mí primero, para que yo restituya?(B)
Todo lo que hay debajo del cielo es mío.
12 No guardaré silencio sobre sus miembros,
Ni sobre sus fuerzas y la gracia de su disposición.
13 ¿Quién descubrirá la delantera de su vestidura?
¿Quién se acercará a él con su freno doble?
14 ¿Quién abrirá las puertas de su rostro?
Las hileras de sus dientes espantan.
15 La gloria de su vestido son escudos fuertes,
Cerrados entre sí estrechamente.
16 El uno se junta con el otro,
Que viento no entra entre ellos.
17 Pegado está el uno con el otro;
Están trabados entre sí, que no se pueden apartar.
18 Con sus estornudos enciende lumbre,
Y sus ojos son como los párpados del alba.
19 De su boca salen hachones de fuego;
Centellas de fuego proceden.
20 De sus narices sale humo,
Como de una olla o caldero que hierve.
21 Su aliento enciende los carbones,
Y de su boca sale llama.
22 En su cerviz está la fuerza,
Y delante de él se esparce el desaliento.
23 Las partes más flojas de su carne están endurecidas;
Están en él firmes, y no se mueven.
24 Su corazón es firme como una piedra,
Y fuerte como la muela de abajo.
25 De su grandeza tienen temor los fuertes,
Y a causa de su desfallecimiento hacen por purificarse.
26 Cuando alguno lo alcanzare,
Ni espada, ni lanza, ni dardo, ni coselete durará.
27 Estima como paja el hierro,
Y el bronce como leño podrido.
28 Saeta no le hace huir;
Las piedras de honda le son como paja.
29 Tiene toda arma por hojarasca,
Y del blandir de la jabalina se burla.
30 Por debajo tiene agudas conchas;
Imprime su agudez en el suelo.
31 Hace hervir como una olla el mar profundo,
Y lo vuelve como una olla de ungüento.
32 En pos de sí hace resplandecer la senda,
Que parece que el abismo es cano.
33 No hay sobre la tierra quien se le parezca;
Animal hecho exento de temor.
34 Menosprecia toda cosa alta;
Es rey sobre todos los soberbios.
Job 41
King James Version
Job 41
King James Version
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.
Job 41
EasyEnglish Bible
Job 41
EasyEnglish Bible
God continues to ask Job questions
41 ‘It is the same with the sea monsters called Leviathan.[a]
Can you catch them with a hook?
Can you use a rope to keep their mouths shut?
2 Can you tie a rope through their noses?
Can you put a hook into their mouths.
3 No! They will not ask you nicely to be kind
and let them go free.
4 They will not make any agreement with you.
You cannot make them your slaves
to work for you as long as they live.
5 Leviathan is not something to enjoy at home, like a bird.
You cannot tie it with a rope,
so that your girls can play with it.
6 Traders do not buy it at the market.
They do not cut it up to sell it.
7 Job, can you throw spears into Leviathan's body to kill it?
Can you shoot arrows into its head?
8 If you try to take hold of it,
you will never forget the fight!
You will never try to do that again!
9 If anyone hopes to catch it,
he is deceiving himself.
As soon as he sees it,
he no longer feels so brave!
10 No one is brave enough to wake it.
So is anyone brave enough to argue against me?
11 Nobody has ever won against me
to make me pay them anything.
Everything in the whole world belongs to me.
12 I must tell you how strong Leviathan's legs are.
Their bodies are very strong
and they have a wonderful shape.
13 Nobody is able to remove their thick skin.
It is like armour that nobody can cut through.
14 Nobody is strong enough to open its mouth.
Its teeth make everyone afraid.
15 Its back is like rows of shields.
They are as hard as stone with no spaces between them.
16 Each shield is very near the next one.
Not even air can pass between them.
17 They are strongly joined together,
and nothing can pull them apart.
18 When Leviathan breathes out loudly,
bright light shines from its nose.
Its eyes shine like the red sun at dawn.
19 Fire comes out from its mouth.
Bright flames shoot out!
20 Smoke pours out from its nose,
like reeds that burn under a pot.
21 Its breath is hot enough to light a fire!
Flames pour out of its mouth.
22 Its neck is very strong.
Wherever it goes,
people shake with fear.
23 There are no weak places in its skin.
Its skin is as hard as iron.
24 It is cruel and it has no fear.
Its heart is as hard as stone.
25 Even the bravest people are afraid
when Leviathan appears.
They run away when it starts to move.
26 If you hit it with a sword,
you will not hurt it.
Spears, arrows and knives will be useless.
27 It can easily break iron or bronze weapons.
It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood.
28 If you shoot arrows at it,
it will not run away.
If you use a sling to throw stones at it,
the stones will hurt it no more than bits of chaff.
29 If you hit it with a heavy stick,
that hurts it no more than a piece of straw.
If you throw a spear at it,
it laughs!
30 Its stomach has sharp pieces,
like bits of a pot that someone has broken.
When it moves along,
it ploughs the soil under it.
31 When it swims in the deep water of the sea,
the water seems to boil.
It makes big waves,
like oil that is boiling in a pot.
32 As it swims, the water behind it shines.
It makes waves that look like white hair on the sea.
33 There is no other animal like it in the whole world.
It is not afraid of anything.
34 It does not respect any other great animal.
It rules as king over all the proud animals.’
Footnotes
- 41:1 This may be speaking about the animal that we call a crocodile.
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