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Job 41 DBY — Job 41

1 Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord? DBY — Job 41:1

2 Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike? DBY — Job 41:2

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee? DBY — Job 41:3

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever? DBY — Job 41:4

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? DBY — Job 41:5

6 Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants? DBY — Job 41:6

7 Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears? DBY — Job 41:7

8 Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, do no more! DBY — Job 41:8

9 Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him? DBY — Job 41:9

10 None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me? DBY — Job 41:10

11 Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine. DBY — Job 41:11

12 I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure. DBY — Job 41:12

13 Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws? DBY — Job 41:13

14 Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. DBY — Job 41:14

15 The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal. DBY — Job 41:15

16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them; DBY — Job 41:16

17 They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered. DBY — Job 41:17

18 His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. DBY — Job 41:18

19 Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out: DBY — Job 41:19

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron. DBY — Job 41:20

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. DBY — Job 41:21

22 In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him. DBY — Job 41:22

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved. DBY — Job 41:23

24 His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone]. DBY — Job 41:24

25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation. DBY — Job 41:25

26 If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon. DBY — Job 41:26

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. DBY — Job 41:27

28 The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. DBY — Job 41:28

29 Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. DBY — Job 41:29

30 His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. DBY — Job 41:30

31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; DBY — Job 41:31

32 He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary. DBY — Job 41:32

33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. DBY — Job 41:33

34 He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts. DBY — Job 41:34