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make a covenant with thee,</div><div class="po2">That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-5.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?</div><div class="po2">Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-6.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him?</div><div class="po2">Will they part him among the merchants?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-7.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?</div><div class="po2">Or his head with fish-spears?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-8.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Lay thy hand upon him;</div><div class="po2">Think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-9.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Behold, the hope of him is in vain;</div><div class="po2">Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-10.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>None is so fierce that dare stir him up;</div><div class="po2">Who then is able to stand before Me?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-11.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him?</div><div class="po2">Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-12.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Would I keep silence concerning his boastings,</div><div class="po2">Or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-13.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who can uncover the face of his garment?</div><div class="po2">Who shall come within his double bridle?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-14.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who can open the doors of his face?</div><div class="po2">Round about his teeth is terror.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-15.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>His scales are his pride,</div><div class="po2">Shut up together as with a close seal.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-16.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>One is so near to another,</div><div class="po2">That no air can come between them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-17.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are joined one to another;</div><div class="po2">They stick together, that they cannot be sundered.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-18.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His sneezings flash forth light,</div><div class="po2">And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-19.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Out of his mouth go burning torches,</div><div class="po2">And sparks of fire leap forth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-20.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,</div><div class="po2">As out of a seething pot and burning rushes.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-21.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>His breath kindleth coals,</div><div class="po2">And a flame goeth out of his mouth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-22.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In his neck abideth strength,</div><div class="po2">And dismay danceth before him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-23.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The flakes of his flesh are joined together;</div><div class="po2">They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-24.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>His heart is as firm as a stone;</div><div class="po2">Yea, firm as the nether millstone.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-25.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid;</div><div class="po2">By reason of despair they are beside themselves.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-26.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold;</div><div class="po2">Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-27.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He esteemeth iron as straw,</div><div class="po2">And brass as rotten wood.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-28.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The arrow cannot make him flee;</div><div class="po2">Slingstones are turned with him into stubble.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-29.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Clubs are accounted as stubble;</div><div class="po2">He laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-30.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Sharpest potsherds are under him;</div><div class="po2">He spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-31.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He maketh the deep to boil like a pot;</div><div class="po2">He maketh the sea like a seething mixture.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-32.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He maketh a path to shine after him;</div><div class="po2">One would think the deep to be hoary.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-33.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Upon earth there is not his like</div><div class="po2">Who is made to be fearless.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-34.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He looketh at all high things;</div><div class="po2">He is king over all the proud beasts.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY 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