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| Job 41: (ASV) |
| 1) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? |
| 2) Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? |
| 3) Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee? |
| 4) Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? |
| 5) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? |
| 6) Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants? |
| 7) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears? |
| 8) Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more. |
| 9) Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him? |
| 10) None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me? |
| 11) Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. |
| 12) I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. |
| 13) Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws? |
| 14) Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. |
| 15) His strong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal. |
| 16) One is so near to another, That no air can come between them. |
| 17) They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered. |
| 18) His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
| 19) Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth. |
| 20) Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
| 21) His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth. |
| 22) In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him. |
| 23) The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. |
| 24) His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone. |
| 25) When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves. |
| 26) If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. |
| 27) He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood. |
| 28) The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. |
| 29) Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin. |
| 30) His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire. |
| 31) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. |
| 32) He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary. |
| 33) Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear. |
| 34) He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride. |