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<t><p class="indent1">Or press down his tongue with a cord? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose <t><p class="indent1">Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? <t><p class="indent1">Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Will he make a covenant <i>or</i> an arrangement with you? <t><p class="indent1">Will you take him for your servant forever? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Will you play with him as with a bird? <t><p class="indent1">Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Will traders bargain over him? <t><p class="indent1">Will they divide him up among the merchants? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Can you fill his skin with harpoons, <t><p class="indent1">Or his head with fishing spears? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Lay your hand on him; <t><p class="indent1">Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Behold, his [assailant’s] hope <i>and</i> expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; <t><p class="indent1">Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan; <t><p class="indent1">Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Who has first given to Me that I should repay him? <t><p class="indent1">Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?] <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, <t><p class="indent1">Nor his mighty strength, nor his orderly frame. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Who can penetrate <i>or</i> strip off his outer armor? <t><p class="indent1">Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face? <t><p class="indent1">Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“His strong scales are his pride, <t><p class="indent1">Bound together as with a tight seal. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“One is so near to another <t><p class="indent1">That no air can come between them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“They are joined one to another; <t><p class="indent1">They stick together and cannot be separated. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“His sneezes flash forth light, <t><p class="indent1">And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Out of his mouth go burning torches, <t><p class="indent1">And sparks of fire leap out. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth <t><p class="indent1">As from a boiling pot and [as from] <i>burning</i> rushes. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“His breath kindles coals, <t><p class="indent1">And a flame goes forth from his mouth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“In Leviathan’s neck resides strength, <t><p class="indent1">And dismay <i>and</i> terror dance before him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“The folds of his flesh are joined together, <t><p class="indent1">Firm on him and immobile [when he moves]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“His heart is as hard as a stone, <t><p class="indent1">Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; <t><p class="indent1">Because of the crashing they are bewildered. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“The sword that reaches him cannot avail, <t><p class="indent1">Nor [does] the spear, the dart, or the javelin. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“He considers iron as straw, <t><p class="indent1">Bronze as rotten wood. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“The arrow cannot make him flee; <t><p class="indent1">Slingstones are treated as stubble by him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble; <t><p class="indent1">He laughs at the rushing <i>and</i> the rattling of the javelin. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; <t><p class="indent1">He moves across <i>and</i> spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks). <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“He makes the deep water boil like a pot; <t><p class="indent1">He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Behind him he makes a shining wake; <t><p class="indent1">One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“Upon earth there is nothing like him--no equal exists, <t><p class="indent1">A creature made without fear. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“He looks on everything that is high [without terror]; <t><p class="indent1">He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Ch 40:25 in Hebrew.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>the crocodile</i>. In recent years archeologists have uncovered the remains of crocodiles much larger and far more terrifying than those known today.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Ch 41:4 in Hebrew.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">34</span> This repeats the thought of vv 10, 11, which is the key to God’s argument with Job.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/40.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 40"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 40" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/42.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 42"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 42" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>