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href="/job/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Can you put a cord<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> through his nose</p><p class="poem">or pierce his jaw with a hook?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Will he beg you for mercy</p><p class="poem">or speak softly to you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Will he make a covenant with you</p><p class="poem">so that you can take him as a slave forever?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Can you play with him like a bird</p><p class="poem">or put him on a leash<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> for your girls?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Will traders bargain for him</p><p class="poem">or divide him among the merchants?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Can you fill his hide with harpoons</p><p class="poem">or his head with fishing spears?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Lay a<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> hand on him.</p><p class="poem">You will remember the battle</p><p class="poem">and never repeat it!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Any hope of capturing him proves false.</p><p class="poem">Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who then can stand against me?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Who confronted me, that I should repay him?</p><p class="poem">Everything under heaven belongs to me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I cannot be silent about his limbs,</p><p class="poem">his power, and his graceful proportions.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who can strip off his outer covering?</p><p class="poem">Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who can open his jaws,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">surrounded by those terrifying teeth?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His pride is in his rows of scales,</p><p class="poem">closely sealed together.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>One scale is so close to another<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">that no air can pass between them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They are joined to one another,</p><p class="poem">so closely connected<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> they cannot be separated.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>His snorting<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> flashes with light,</p><p class="poem">while his eyes are like the rays<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.18.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> of dawn.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;</p><p class="poem">fiery sparks fly out!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Smoke billows from his nostrils<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His breath sets coals ablaze,</p><p class="poem">and flames pour out of his mouth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Strength resides in his neck,</p><p class="poem">and dismay dances before him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The folds of his flesh are joined together,</p><p class="poem">solid as metal<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.23.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and immovable.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>His heart is as hard as a rock,</p><p class="poem">as hard as a lower millstone!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When Leviathan rises, the mighty<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.25.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> are terrified;</p><p class="poem">they withdraw because of his thrashing.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The sword that reaches him will have no effect,</p><p class="poem">nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He regards iron as straw,</p><p class="poem">and bronze as rotten wood.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>No arrow can make him flee;</p><p class="poem">slingstones become like stubble to him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>A club is regarded as stubble,</p><p class="poem">and he laughs<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at the sound of a javelin.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>His undersides are jagged potsherds,</p><p class="poem">spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.41.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;</p><p class="poem">he makes the sea like an ointment jar.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He leaves a shining wake behind him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.32.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">one would think the deep had gray hair!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He has no equal on earth —</p><p class="poem">a creature devoid of fear!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.41.34" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/41-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He surveys everything that is haughty;</p><p class="poem">he is king over all the proud beasts.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.41.34.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.41" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.41.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.2">41:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">reed</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.5">41:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">or bind him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.8">41:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">your</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.13">41:13</a></span> LXX; MT reads <span class="italic">double bridle</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.14">41:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">open the doors of his face</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.16">41:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">One by one they approach</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.17">41:17</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">another; they cling together and</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.18">41:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">sneezing</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.18.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.18">41:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">eyelids</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.23.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.23">41:23</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">together, hard on him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.25.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.25">41:25</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the divine beings</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.32.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.32">41:32</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">a path</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.41.34.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.34">41:34</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the children of pride</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.41" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.41.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.1">41:1</a></span> Jb 3:8; Ps 104:26; Is 27:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.1">41:1</a></span> Is 19:8; Hab 1:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.2">41:2</a></span> 2Kg 19:28; Jb 40:24; Is 37:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.4">41:4</a></span> Ex 21:6; Dt 15:17; 1Sm 27:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.10">41:10</a></span> Jb 3:8; Jr 50:44</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.11">41:11</a></span> Ps 24:1; Rm 11:35; 1Co 10:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.13">41:13</a></span> Jr 46:4; 51:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.20">41:20</a></span> 2Sm 22:9; Jb 39:20; Ps 18:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.29">41:29</a></span> 2Ch 30:10; Jb 39:7,18; Hab 1:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.41.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.41.30">41:30</a></span> Is 41:15; Am 1:3</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.41" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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