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<A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Can you put a cord through his nose <p class="indent2"> or pierce his jaw with a hook? <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Will he beg you for mercy <p class="indent2"> or speak to you softly? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Will he make a covenant with you <p class="indent2"> to take him as a slave for life? <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Can you pet him like a bird <p class="indent2"> or put him on a leash for your maidens? <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Will traders barter for him <p class="indent2"> or divide him among the merchants? <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Can you fill his hide with harpoons <p class="indent2"> or his head with fishing spears? <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If you lay a hand on him, <p class="indent2"> you will remember the battle and never repeat it! <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Surely hope of overcoming him is false. <p class="indent2"> Is not the sight of him overwhelming? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. <p class="indent2"> Then who is able to stand against Me? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Who has given to Me that I should repay him?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> Everything under heaven is Mine. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I cannot keep silent about his limbs, <p class="indent2"> his power and graceful form. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who can strip off his outer coat? <p class="indent2"> Who can approach him with a bridle?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who can open his jaws, <p class="indent2"> ringed by his fearsome teeth? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His rows of scales are his pride, <p class="indent2"> tightly sealed together. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>One scale is so near to another <p class="indent2"> that no air can pass between them. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They are joined to one another; <p class="indent2"> they clasp and cannot be separated. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His snorting flashes with light, <p class="indent2"> and his eyes are like the rays of dawn. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Firebrands stream from his mouth; <p class="indent2"> fiery sparks shoot forth! <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Smoke billows from his nostrils <p class="indent2"> as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His breath sets coals ablaze, <p class="indent2"> and flames pour from his mouth. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Strength resides in his neck, <p class="indent2"> and dismay leaps before him. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; <p class="indent2"> they are firm and immovable. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>His chest is as hard as a rock, <p class="indent2"> as hard as a lower millstone! <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; <p class="indent2"> they withdraw before his thrashing. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The sword that reaches him has no effect, <p class="indent2"> nor does the spear or dart or arrow. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He regards iron as straw <p class="indent2"> and bronze as rotten wood. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>No arrow can make him flee; <p class="indent2"> slingstones become like chaff to him. <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>A club is regarded as straw, <p class="indent2"> and he laughs at the sound of the lance.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>His undersides are jagged potsherds, <p class="indent2"> spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge. <A name="32"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; <p class="indent2"> he makes the sea like a jar of ointment. <A name="33"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He leaves a glistening wake behind him; <p class="indent2"> one would think the deep had white hair! <A name="34"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Nothing on earth is his equal—<p class="indent2"> a creature devoid of fear! <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He looks down on all the haughty; <p class="indent2"> he is king over all the proud.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/11.htm#35">Romans 11:35</a><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>Who can come within his double mail?</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>javelin</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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