Job 41

1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?}● 2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?● 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft {words} unto thee?● 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?● 5Wilt thou play with him as {with} a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?● 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?● 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?● 8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.● 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not {one} be cast down even at the sight of him?● 10None {is so} fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?● 11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay {him? whatsoever is} under the whole heaven is mine.● 12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.● 13Who can discover the face of his garment? {or} who can come {to him} with his double bridle? {with: or, within}● 14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth {are} terrible round about.● 15{His} scales {are his} pride, shut up together {as with} a close seal. {scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields}● 16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.● 17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.● 18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes {are} like the eyelids of the morning.● 19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, {and} sparks of fire leap out.● 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as {out} of a seething pot or caldron.● 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.● 22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. {is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth}● 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. {flakes: Heb. fallings}● 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether {millstone}.● 25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.● 26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. {habergeon: or, breastplate}● 27He esteemeth iron as straw, {and} brass as rotten wood.● 28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.● 29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.● 30Sharp stones {are} under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. {Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd}● 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.● 32He maketh a path to shine after him; {one} would think the deep {to be} hoary.● 33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. {is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear}● 34He beholdeth all high {things}: he {is} a king over all the children of pride.●