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title="Job 40">◄</a> Job 41 <a href="../job/42.htm" title="Job 42">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/job/41.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Challenge Continues</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>“Can you catch Leviathan<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> with a hook</p><p class="line2">or put a noose around its jaw?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Can you tie it with a rope through the nose</p><p class="line2">or pierce its jaw with a spike?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Will it beg you for mercy</p><p class="line2">or implore you for pity?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Will it agree to work for you,</p><p class="line2">to be your slave for life?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Can you make it a pet like a bird,</p><p class="line2">or give it to your little girls to play with?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Will merchants try to buy it</p><p class="line2">to sell it in their shops?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Will its hide be hurt by spears</p><p class="line2">or its head by a harpoon?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If you lay a hand on it,</p><p class="line2">you will certainly remember the battle that follows.</p><p class="line2">You won’t try that again!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>No, it is useless to try to capture it.</p><p class="line2">The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And since no one dares to disturb it,</p><p class="line2">who then can stand up to me?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?</p><p class="line2">Everything under heaven is mine.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs</p><p class="line2">and its enormous strength and graceful form.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who can strip off its hide,</p><p class="line2">and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who could pry open its jaws?</p><p class="line2">For its teeth are terrible!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The scales on its back are like<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> rows of shields</p><p class="line2">tightly sealed together.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They are so close together</p><p class="line2">that no air can get between them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Each scale sticks tight to the next.</p><p class="line2">They interlock and cannot be penetrated.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“When it sneezes, it flashes light!</p><p class="line2">Its eyes are like the red of dawn.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Lightning leaps from its mouth;</p><p class="line2">flames of fire flash out.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Smoke streams from its nostrils</p><p class="line2">like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Its breath would kindle coals,</p><p class="line2">for flames shoot from its mouth.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck</p><p class="line2">strikes terror wherever it goes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Its flesh is hard and firm</p><p class="line2">and cannot be penetrated.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Its heart is hard as rock,</p><p class="line2">hard as a millstone.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When it rises, the mighty are afraid,</p><p class="line2">gripped by terror.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>No sword can stop it,</p><p class="line2">no spear, dart, or javelin.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,</p><p class="line2">and bronze is like rotten wood.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Arrows cannot make it flee.</p><p class="line2">Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Clubs are like a blade of grass,</p><p class="line2">and it laughs at the swish of javelins.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.</p><p class="line2">It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.</p><p class="line2">It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The water glistens in its wake,</p><p class="line2">making the sea look white.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Nothing on earth is its equal,</p><p class="line2">no other creature so fearless.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/41-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Of all the creatures, it is the proudest.</p><p class="line2">It is the king of beasts.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:1a </span><span class="ft">Verses 41:1-8 are numbered 40:25-32 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:1b </span><span class="ft">The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:9 </span><span class="ft">Verses 41:9-34 are numbered 41:1-26 in Hebrew text.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">its bridle?</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:15 </span><span class="ft">As in some Greek manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Its pride is in its.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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