Job 41

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