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 out°°
leviathan°
with an hook?°
or his tongue°
with a cord°
[which] thou lettest down?°° |
41:2
Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp? |
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41:2
Canst thou put°°
an hook°
into his nose?°
or bore°°
his jaw°
through with a thorn?° |
41:3
Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant? |
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41:3
Will he make many°°
supplications°
unto°
thee? will he speak°°
soft°
[words] unto°
thee? |
41:4
And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant? |
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41:4
Will he make°°
a covenant°
with°
thee? wilt thou take°°
him for a servant°
for ever?° |
41:5
And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child? |
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41:5
Wilt thou play°°
with him as [with] a bird?°
or wilt thou bind°°
him for thy maidens?° |
41:6
And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Zidonians{gr.Phoenicians} share him? |
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41:6
Shall the companions°
make a banquet°°°
of°
him? shall they part°°
him among°
the merchants?° |
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. |
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41:7
Canst thou fill°°
his skin°
with barbed irons?°
or his head°
with fish°
spears?° |
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. |
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41:8
Lay°°
thine hand°
upon°
him, remember°°
the battle,°
do no°
more.°° |
41:9
Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said [of him]? |
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41:9
Behold,°
the hope°
of him is in vain:°°
shall not [one] be cast down°°
even°
at°
the sight°
of him? |
41:10
Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me? |
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41:10
None°
[is so] fierce°
that°
dare stir him up:°°°°
who°
then is able to stand°°
before°
me? |
41:11
Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine? |
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41:11
Who°
hath prevented°°
me, that I should repay°°
[him? whatsoever is] under°
the whole°
heaven°
is mine. |
41:12
I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist. |
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41:12
I will not°
conceal°°
his parts,°°
nor°
his power,°°
nor his comely°
proportion.° |
41:13
Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate? |
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41:13
Who°
can discover°°
the face°
of his garment?°
[or] who°
can come°°
[to him] with his double°
bridle?° |
41:14
Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth. |
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41:14
Who°
can open°°
the doors°
of his face?°
his teeth°
[are] terrible°
round about.° |
41:15
His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone. |
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41:15
[His] scales°°
[are his] pride,°
shut up together°°
[as with] a close°
seal.° |
41:16
One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them. |
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41:16
One°
is so near°°
to another,°
that no°
air°
can come°°
between°
them. |
41:17
They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated. |
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41:17
They are joined°°
one°
to another,°
they stick together,°°
that they cannot°
be sundered.°° |
41:18
At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star. |
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41:18
By his neesings°
a light°
doth shine,°°
and his eyes°
[are] like the eyelids°
of the morning.° |
41:19
Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad. |
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41:19
Out of his mouth°°
go°°
burning lamps,°
[and] sparks°
of fire°
leap out.°° |
41:20
Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals. |
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41:20
Out of his nostrils°°
goeth°°
smoke,°
as [out] of a seething°°
pot°
or caldron.° |
41:21
His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. |
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41:21
His breath°
kindleth°°
coals,°
and a flame°
goeth out°°
of his mouth.°° |
41:22
And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs. |
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41:22
In his neck°
remaineth°°
strength,°
and sorrow°
is turned into joy°°
before°
him. |
41:23
The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved. |
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41:23
The flakes°
of his flesh°
are joined together:°°
they are firm°°
in°
themselves; they cannot°
be moved.°° |
41:24
His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil. |
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41:24
His heart°
is as firm°°
as°
a stone;°
yea, as hard°°
as a piece°
of the nether°
[millstone]. |
41:25
And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth. |
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41:25
When he raiseth up°°
himself, the elim°°
are afraid:°°
by reason of breakings°°
they purify°°
themselves.° |
41:26
If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate. |
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41:26
The sword°
of him that layeth°°
at him cannot°
hold:°°
the spear,°
the dart,°
nor the habergeon.° |
41:27
For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood. |
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41:27
He esteemeth°°
iron°
as straw,°
[and] brass°
as rotten°
wood.° |
41:28
The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass. |
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41:28
The arrow°°
cannot°
make him flee:°°
slingstones°°
are turned°°
with him into stubble.° |
41:29
Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand. |
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41:29
Darts°
are counted°°
as stubble:°
he laugheth°°
at the shaking°
of a spear.° |
41:30
His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay. |
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41:30
Sharp°
stones°
[are] under°
him: he spreadeth°°
sharp pointed things°
upon°
the mire.° |
41:31
He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment, |
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41:31
He maketh the deep°
to boil°°
like a pot:°
he maketh°°
the sea°
like a pot of ointment.° |
41:32
and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range. |
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41:32
He maketh a path°
to shine°°
after°
him; [one] would think°°
the deep°
[to be] hoary.° |
41:33
There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels. |
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41:33
Upon°
earth°
there is not°
his like,°
who is made°°
without°
fear.° |
41:34
He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters. |
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41:34
He beholdeth°°°
all°
high°
[things]: he°
[is] a king°
over°
all°
the children°
of pride.° |