Of God's great power in the leviathan.
41:1 ¶
Canst thou draw out°°
leviathan°
with an hook?°
or his tongue°
with a cord°
[which] thou lettest down?°° |
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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
Canst thou put°°
an hook°
into his nose?°
or bore°°
his jaw°
through with a thorn?° |
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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 make many°°
supplications°
unto°
thee? will he speak°°
soft°
[words] unto°
thee? |
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41:3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee? |
41:4
Will he make°°
a covenant°
with°
thee? wilt thou take°°
him for a servant°
for ever?° |
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41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? |
41:5
Wilt thou play°°
with him as [with] a bird?°
or wilt thou bind°°
him for thy maidens?° |
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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
Shall the companions°
make a banquet°°°
of°
him? shall they part°°
him among°
the merchants?° |
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41:6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? |
41:7
Canst thou fill°°
his skin°
with barbed irons?°
or his head°
with fish°
spears?° |
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41:7
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? |
41:8
Lay°°
thine hand°
upon°
him, remember°°
the battle,°
do no°
more.°° |
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41:8
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. |
41:9
Behold,°
the hope°
of him is in vain:°°
shall not [one] be cast down°°
even°
at°
the sight°
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
None°
[is so] fierce°
that°
dare stir him up:°°°°
who°
then is able to stand°°
before°
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
Who°
hath prevented°°
me, that I should repay°°
[him? whatsoever is] under°
the whole°
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°
conceal°°
his parts,°°
nor°
his power,°°
nor his comely°
proportion.° |
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41:12
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. |
41:13
Who°
can discover°°
the face°
of his garment?°
[or] who°
can come°°
[to him] with his double°
bridle?° |
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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°
can open°°
the doors°
of his face?°
his teeth°
[are] terrible°
round about.° |
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41:14
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about. |
41:15
[His] scales°°
[are his] pride,°
shut up together°°
[as with] a close°
seal.° |
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41:15
[His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal. |
41:16
One°
is so near°°
to another,°
that no°
air°
can 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 are joined°°
one°
to another,°
they stick together,°°
that they cannot°
be sundered.°° |
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41:17
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. |
41:18
By his neesings°
a light°
doth shine,°°
and his eyes°
[are] like the eyelids°
of the morning.° |
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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°°
go°°
burning lamps,°
[and] sparks°
of fire°
leap out.°° |
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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°°
goeth°°
smoke,°
as [out] of a seething°°
pot°
or caldron.° |
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41:20
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron. |
41:21
His breath°
kindleth°°
coals,°
and a flame°
goeth out°°
of his mouth.°° |
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41:21
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. |
41:22
In his neck°
remaineth°°
strength,°
and sorrow°
is turned into joy°°
before°
him. |
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41:22
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. |
41:23
The flakes°
of his flesh°
are joined together:°°
they are firm°°
in°
themselves; they cannot°
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 as firm°°
as°
a stone;°
yea, as hard°°
as a piece°
of the nether°
[millstone]. |
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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
When he raiseth up°°
himself, the
´ëlîm
אֵלִים°°
are afraid:°°
by reason of breakings°°
they purify°°
themselves.° |
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41:25
When he raiseth up himself, the elim are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. |
41:26
The sword°
of him that layeth°°
at him cannot°
hold:°°
the spear,°
the dart,°
nor the habergeon.° |
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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
He esteemeth°°
iron°
as straw,°
[and] brass°
as rotten°
wood.° |
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41:27
He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood. |
41:28
The arrow°°
cannot°
make him flee:°°
slingstones°°
are turned°°
with him into stubble.° |
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41:28
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. |
41:29
Darts°
are counted°°
as stubble:°
he laugheth°°
at the shaking°
of a spear.° |
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41:29
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. |
41:30
Sharp°
stones°
[are] under°
him: he spreadeth°°
sharp pointed things°
upon°
the mire.° |
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41:30
Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. |
41:31
He maketh the deep°
to boil°°
like a pot:°
he maketh°°
the sea°
like 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
He maketh a path°
to shine°°
after°
him; [one] would think°°
the deep°
[to be] hoary.° |
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41:32
He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary. |
41:33
Upon°
earth°
there is not°
his like,°
who is made°°
without°
fear.° |
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41:33
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. |
41:34
He beholdeth°°°
all°
high°
[things]: he°
[is] a king°
over°
all°
the children°
of pride.° |
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41:34
He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride. |