Of God's great power in the leviathan.
 41:1 ¶
But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose? |
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 41:1 ¶
Canst thou draw outºº
leviathanº
with an hook?º
or his tongueº
with a cordº
[which] thou lettest down?ºº |
 41:2
Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp? |
 41:2
Canst thou putºº
an hookº
into his nose?º
or boreºº
his jawº
through with a thorn?º |
 41:3
Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant? |
 41:3
Will he make manyºº
supplicationsº
untoº
thee? will he speakºº
softº
[words] untoº
thee? |
 41:4
And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant? |
 41:4
Will he makeºº
a covenantº
withº
thee? wilt thou takeºº
him for a servantº
for ever?º |
 41:5
And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child? |
 41:5
Wilt thou playºº
with him as [with] a bird?º
or wilt thou bindºº
him for thy maidens?º |
 41:6
And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Zidonians{gr.Phoenicians} share him? |
 41:6
Shall the companionsº
make a banquetººº
ofº
him? shall they partºº
him amongº
the merchants?º |
 41:7
And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing-vessels. |
 41:7
Canst thou fillºº
his skinº
with barbed irons?º
or his headº
with fishº
spears?º |
 41:8
But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more. |
 41:8
Layºº
thine handº
uponº
him, rememberºº
the battle,º
do noº
more.ºº |
 41:9
Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said [of him]? |
 41:9
Behold,º
the hopeº
of him is in vain:ºº
shall not [one] be cast downºº
evenº
atº
the sightº
of him? |
 41:10
Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me? |
 41:10
Noneº
[is so] fierceº
thatº
dare stir him up:ºººº
whoº
then is able to standºº
beforeº
me? |
 41:11
Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine? |
 41:11
Whoº
hath preventedºº
me, that I should repayºº
[him? whatsoever is] underº
the wholeº
heavenº
is mine. |
 41:12
I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist. |
 41:12
I will notº
concealºº
his parts,ºº
norº
his power,ºº
nor his comelyº
proportion.º |
 41:13
Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate? |
 41:13
Whoº
can discoverºº
the faceº
of his garment?º
[or] whoº
can comeºº
[to him] with his doubleº
bridle?º |
 41:14
Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth. |
 41:14
Whoº
can openºº
the doorsº
of his face?º
his teethº
[are] terribleº
round about.º |
 41:15
His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone. |
 41:15
[His] scalesºº
[are his] pride,º
shut up togetherºº
[as with] a closeº
seal.º |
 41:16
One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them. |
 41:16
Oneº
is so nearºº
to another,º
that noº
airº
can comeºº
betweenº
them. |
 41:17
They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated. |
 41:17
They are joinedºº
oneº
to another,º
they stick together,ºº
that they cannotº
be sundered.ºº |
 41:18
At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star. |
 41:18
By his neesingsº
a lightº
doth shine,ºº
and his eyesº
[are] like the eyelidsº
of the morning.º |
 41:19
Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad. |
 41:19
Out of his mouthºº
goºº
burning lamps,º
[and] sparksº
of fireº
leap out.ºº |
 41:20
Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals. |
 41:20
Out of his nostrilsºº
goethºº
smoke,º
as [out] of a seethingºº
potº
or caldron.º |
 41:21
His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. |
 41:21
His breathº
kindlethºº
coals,º
and a flameº
goeth outºº
of his mouth.ºº |
 41:22
And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs. |
 41:22
In his neckº
remainethºº
strength,º
and sorrowº
is turned into joyºº
beforeº
him. |
 41:23
The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved. |
 41:23
The flakesº
of his fleshº
are joined together:ºº
they are firmºº
inº
themselves; they cannotº
be moved.ºº |
 41:24
His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil. |
 41:24
His heartº
is as firmºº
asº
a stone;º
yea, as hardºº
as a pieceº
of the netherº
[millstone]. |
 41:25
And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth. |
 41:25
When he raiseth upºº
himself, the elimºº
are afraid:ºº
by reason of breakingsºº
they purifyºº
themselves.º |
 41:26
If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate. |
 41:26
The swordº
of him that layethºº
at him cannotº
hold:ºº
the spear,º
the dart,º
nor the habergeon.º |
 41:27
For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood. |
 41:27
He esteemethºº
ironº
as straw,º
[and] brassº
as rottenº
wood.º |
 41:28
The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass. |
 41:28
The arrowºº
cannotº
make him flee:ºº
slingstonesºº
are turnedºº
with him into stubble.º |
 41:29
Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand. |
 41:29
Dartsº
are countedºº
as stubble:º
he laughethºº
at the shakingº
of a spear.º |
 41:30
His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay. |
 41:30
Sharpº
stonesº
[are] underº
him: he spreadethºº
sharp pointed thingsº
uponº
the mire.º |
 41:31
He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment, |
 41:31
He maketh the deepº
to boilºº
like a pot:º
he makethºº
the seaº
like a pot of ointment.º |
 41:32
and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range. |
 41:32
He maketh a pathº
to shineºº
afterº
him; [one] would thinkºº
the deepº
[to be] hoary.º |
 41:33
There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels. |
 41:33
Uponº
earthº
there is notº
his like,º
who is madeºº
withoutº
fear.º |
 41:34
He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters. |
 41:34
He beholdethººº
allº
highº
[things]: heº
[is] a kingº
overº
allº
the childrenº
of pride.º |