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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 41 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/41.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.1" class="v18_41_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Can you catch Leviathan<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> with a fishhook</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_1">or tie his tongue down with a rope?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.2" class="v18_41_2">2</span>Can you put a rope through his snout</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_2">or put a hook through his jaws?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.3" class="v18_41_3">3</span>Will he beg you to let him go?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_3">Will he plead with you for mercy?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.4" class="v18_41_4">4</span>Will he make an agreement with you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_4">and promise to serve you forever?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.5" class="v18_41_5">5</span>Will you tie him like a pet bird,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_5">like something to amuse your servant women?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.6" class="v18_41_6">6</span>Will fishermen bargain over him?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_6">Will merchants cut him up to sell?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.7" class="v18_41_7">7</span>Can you fill his hide with fishing spears</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_7">or pierce his head with a harpoon?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.8" class="v18_41_8">8</span>Touch him once and you'll never try it again;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_8">you'll never forget the fight!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.9" class="v18_41_9">9</span>Anyone who sees Leviathan</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_9">loses courage and falls to the ground.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.10" class="v18_41_10">10</span>When he is aroused, he is fierce;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_10">no one would dare to stand before him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.11" class="v18_41_11">11</span>Who can attack him and still be safe?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_11">No one in all the world can do it.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.12" class="v18_41_12">12</span>Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_12">and describe how great and strong he is.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.13" class="v18_41_13">13</span>No one can tear off his outer coat</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_13">or pierce the armor<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> he wears.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.14" class="v18_41_14">14</span>Who can make him open his jaws,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_14">ringed with those terrifying teeth?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.15" class="v18_41_15">15</span>His back<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> is made of rows of shields,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_15">fastened together and hard as stone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.16" class="v18_41_16">16</span>Each one is joined so tight to the next,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_16">not even a breath can come between.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.17" class="v18_41_17">17</span>They all are fastened so firmly together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_17">that nothing can ever pull them apart.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.18" class="v18_41_18">18</span>Light flashes when he sneezes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_18">and his eyes glow like the rising sun.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.19" class="v18_41_19">19</span>Flames blaze from his mouth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_19">and streams of sparks fly out.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.20" class="v18_41_20">20</span>Smoke comes pouring out of his nose,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_20">like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.21" class="v18_41_21">21</span>His breath starts fires burning;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_21">flames leap out of his mouth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.22" class="v18_41_22">22</span>His neck is so powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_22">that all who meet him are terrified.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.23" class="v18_41_23">23</span>There is not a weak spot in his skin;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_23">it is as hard and unyielding as iron.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.24" class="v18_41_24">24</span>His stony heart is without fear,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_24">as unyielding and hard as a millstone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.25" class="v18_41_25">25</span>When he rises up, even the strongest<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> are frightened;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_25">they are helpless with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_26"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.26" class="v18_41_26">26</span>There is no sword that can wound him;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_26">no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_27"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.27" class="v18_41_27">27</span>For him iron is as flimsy as straw,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_27">and bronze as soft as rotten wood.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_28"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.28" class="v18_41_28">28</span>There is no arrow that can make him run;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_28">rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_29"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.29" class="v18_41_29">29</span>To him a club is a piece of straw,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_29">and he laughs when men throw spears.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_30"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.30" class="v18_41_30">30</span>The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_30">they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.41.30!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_31"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.31" class="v18_41_31">31</span>He churns up the sea like boiling water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_31">and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_32"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.32" class="v18_41_32">32</span>He leaves a shining path behind him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_32">and turns the sea to white foam.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_33"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.33" class="v18_41_33">33</span>There is nothing on earth to compare with him;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_33">he is a creature that has no fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_41_34"><span class="reftext" id="Job.41.34" class="v18_41_34">34</span>He looks down on even the proudest animals;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_41_34">he is king of all wild beasts.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.1: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Leviathan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 3.8.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.11: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 11 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.13: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">armor; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">bridle.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">back; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">pride.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.25: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">strongest; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">gods.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">41.30: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">threshing sledges: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">These had sharp pieces of iron or stone fastened beneath them.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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