1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.His strong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal.16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.33Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
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