1 a41:1 This v. is 40:25 in MT, v2 is 40:26 in MT, and so through v8. “Can you draw Leviathan b41:1 i.e. an ancient, gigantic sea creature, living in Job’s time but now apparently extinct out of the water c41:1 The Heb. lacks of the water with a hook, or tie down d41:1 Lit. or sink his tongue with a rope? ISV — Job 41:1
2 Can you attach a bridle e41:2 Lit. rope to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? ISV — Job 41:2
3 Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? f41:3 Lit. you with gentle words ISV — Job 41:3
4 Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? ISV — Job 41:4
5 “Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? ISV — Job 41:5
6 Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? ISV — Job 41:6
7 Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? ISV — Job 41:7
8 Lay your hand on him, and you’ll remember the struggle. You’ll never do that again! ISV — Job 41:8
9 “Look! Anyone’s hope to capture him g41:9 The Heb. lacks to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified h41:9 Or subdued just by looking at him. ISV — Job 41:9
10 No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. “Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? ISV — Job 41:10
11 Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. ISV — Job 41:11
12 “I won’t be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. ISV — Job 41:12
13 Who can strip off his outer armor? i41:13 Lit. clothing Who can approach him with a bridle? ISV — Job 41:13
14 Who dares to open his mouth, j41:14 Lit. door of his face since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! ISV — Job 41:14
15 His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. ISV — Job 41:15
16 Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. ISV — Job 41:16
17 Each is attached to the other, k41:17 Lit. with his brother grasping each other so they cannot be separated. ISV — Job 41:17
18 “His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays l41:18 Lit. eyelids of the dawn. ISV — Job 41:18
19 Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. ISV — Job 41:19
20 Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. ISV — Job 41:20
21 His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. ISV — Job 41:21
22 “His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. ISV — Job 41:22
23 There is no flaw in his body’s armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. ISV — Job 41:23
24 His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. ISV — Job 41:24
25 When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. ISV — Job 41:25
26 “Thrusting at him with a sword won’t be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. ISV — Job 41:26
27 He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. ISV — Job 41:27
28 Arrows won’t make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. ISV — Job 41:28
29 Clubs are like twigs; m41:29 Lit. stubble he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. ISV — Job 41:29
30 “Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. n41:30 The Heb. lacks through grain ISV — Job 41:30
31 He causes the deep to boil like water in o41:31 The Heb. lacks water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. ISV — Job 41:31
32 The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. ISV — Job 41:32
33 “There’s nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. ISV — Job 41:33
34 He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind p41:34 Lit. son of pride.” ISV — Job 41:34