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Job 41
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Can You Draw Out Leviathan?

41 “[a]Can you draw out [b](A)Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down its tongue with a cord?
2 Can you (B)put a [c]rope in its nose
Or pierce its jaw with a [d]hook?
3 Will it make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
4 Will it cut a covenant with you?
Will you take it for a slave forever?
5 Will you play with it as with a bird,
Or will you bind it for your young women?
6 Will the [e]traders bargain over it?
Will they divide it among the merchants?
7 Can you fill its skin with harpoons,
Or its head with fishing spears?
8 Place your hand on it;
Remember the battle; [f]you will not do that again!
9 [g]Behold, [h]his expectation is a lie;
Will [i]he be laid low even at the sight of it?
10 No one is so fierce that he dares to (C)arouse it;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
11 Who has [j](D)given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is (E)under the whole heaven is Mine.

12 “I will not keep silence concerning its limbs,
Or its mighty strength or its graceful frame.
13 Who can [k]strip off its [l]outer armor?
Who can come with its doubled [m]bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of its face?
Around its teeth there is dreadful terror.
15 Its [n]strong scales are its pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
16 One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
17 They cling one to another;
They are interlocked and cannot be separated.
18 Its sneezes flash forth light,
And its eyes are like the (F)eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of its mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire [o]leap forth.
20 Out of its nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
21 Its breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from its mouth.
22 In its neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before it.
23 The folds of its flesh cling together,
Hardened upon it and is not shaken.
24 Its heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
25 When it raises itself up, the [p]mighty fear,
Because of the crashing they are [q]bewildered.
26 The sword that reaches it cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 It regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
28 The [r]arrow cannot make it flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for it.
29 Clubs are regarded as stubble;
It laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
30 Its underparts are like sharp potsherds;
It [s]spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 It makes the depths boil like a pot;
It makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 Behind it, it makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
33 (G)There is nothing upon the [t]dust like it,
One made without terror.
34 [u]It looks on everything that is high;
It is king over all the (H)sons of pride.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 41:1 Ch 40:25 in Heb
  2. Job 41:1 Possibly the crocodile
  3. Job 41:2 Lit rope of rushes
  4. Job 41:2 Or thorn, ring
  5. Job 41:6 Lit partners
  6. Job 41:8 Lit do not add
  7. Job 41:9 Ch 41:1 in Heb
  8. Job 41:9 Job’s
  9. Job 41:9 Job
  10. Job 41:11 Lit anticipated
  11. Job 41:13 Lit uncover the face of its garment
  12. Job 41:13 Lit clothing
  13. Job 41:13 Gr mail
  14. Job 41:15 Lit rows of shields
  15. Job 41:19 Lit escape
  16. Job 41:25 Or gods
  17. Job 41:25 Lit as if in sin
  18. Job 41:28 Lit son of the bow
  19. Job 41:30 Or moves across
  20. Job 41:33 Or earth
  21. Job 41:34 Ch 41:26 in Heb
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Job 41
Lexham English Bible

41 [a] “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or[b] can you tie down its mouth with a cord?[c]
2 Can you put a rope in its nose?
Or[d] can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?
3 Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you?
Or will it speak gentle words to you?
4 Will it make a covenant with you?
Will you take it as a slave forever?
5 Will you play with it as with birds
and put it on a leash for your girls?
6 Will guildsmen bargain over it?
Will they divide it between tradesmen?
7 Can you fill its kin with harpoons
or[e] its head with fish spears?
8 Lay your hands on it;
think about the battle—you will not do it again!
9 “Look, the hope of capturing it[f] is false.
Will one be hurled down even at its sight?
10 Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it?
Who then is he who would stand before it?[g]
11 Who has come to confront me, that[h] I should repay him?
Under all the heavens, it belongs to me.[i]
12 “I will not keep quiet concerning its limbs
or[j] concerning the extent of its might and the gracefulness of its frame.
13 Who can strip off its outer covering?[k]
Who can penetrate its double harness?
14 Who can open the doors of its face?
Its teeth all around are fearsome.
15 Its back[l] has scales of shields;
it is shut up closely as with a seal.
16 They are close to one another—[m]
even[n] the air cannot come between them.
17 They are joined one to another;[o]
they cling together and cannot be separated.
18 “Its snorting flashes forth light,
and its eyes are red like dawn.[p]
19 Torches go from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke comes from its nostrils
as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes.
21 Its breath kindles charcoal,
and a flame comes from its mouth.
22 “Strength abides in its neck,
and dismay[q] dances before it.[r]
23 Its flesh’s folds of skin cling together;
it is cast on it—it will not be moved.
24 Its heart is cast as stone;
yes,[s] it is cast as the lower millstone.
25 When it raises itself,[t] the mighty ones are terrified;
they retreat because of its thrashing.
26 Reaching it with the sword does not avail,
nor with the spear, the dart, or[u] the javelin.
27 It regards iron as straw,
bronze as rotten wood.
28 An arrow[v] will not make it flee;
sling stones are turned to stubble for it.
29 Clubs are regarded as stubble,
and it laughs at the short sword’s rattle.
30 “Its underparts are shards of a potsherd;
it moves over mud like a threshing sledge.
31 It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot;
it makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Behind it, it leaves a glistening wake;[w]
one would think that the deep has gray hair.
33 “On the ground it has no equal[x]—
a[y] creature without fear.
34 It observes all the lofty;
it is king over all that are proud.”[z]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 41:1 Job 41:1–34 in the English Bible is 40:25–41:26 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Job 41:1 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 41:1 Literally “with a cord can you press down its tongue”
  4. Job 41:2 Hebrew “And”
  5. Job 41:7 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 41:9 Literally “its hope”
  7. Job 41:10 Or “Who is he thenwho could stand before me?”; literally “to the face of me”
  8. Job 41:11 Hebrew “and”
  9. Job 41:11 Literally “to me”
  10. Job 41:12 Hebrew “and”
  11. Job 41:13 Literally “the surface of its garment”
  12. Job 41:15 LXX; or “pride”
  13. Job 41:16 Literally “one to one”
  14. Job 41:16 Hebrew “and”
  15. Job 41:17 Literally “a man to his brother”
  16. Job 41:18 Literally “like eyelids of dawn”
  17. Job 41:22 Or “strength”
  18. Job 41:22 Literally “to the face of him/it”
  19. Job 41:24 Hebrew “and”
  20. Job 41:25 Literally “From his/its rising up”
  21. Job 41:26 Hebrew “and”
  22. Job 41:28 Literally “A son of a bow”
  23. Job 41:32 Literally “it lights up the path”
  24. Job 41:33 Literally “There is not on the ground its likeness”
  25. Job 41:33 Hebrew “the”
  26. Job 41:34 Literally “over all sons of pride”
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