| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? | 1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope? |
| 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
| 3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly? | 3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you? |
| 4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life? | 4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever? |
| 5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens? | 5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls? |
| 6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants? | 6Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants? |
| 7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? | 7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? |
| 8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it! | 8Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it! |
| 9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming? | 9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him? |
| 10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me? | 10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against Me? |
| 11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. | 11Who confronted Me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to Me. |
| 12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form. | 12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions. |
| 13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle? | 13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor? |
| 14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth? | 14Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth? |
| 15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together. | 15His pride is in his rows of scales, closely sealed together. |
| 16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them. | 16One scale is so close to another that no air can pass between them. |
| 17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated. | 17They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated. |
| 18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn. | 18His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn. |
| 19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth! | 19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out! |
| 20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. | 20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot or burning reeds. |
| 21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth. | 21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth. |
| 22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him. | 22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him. |
| 23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. | 23The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable. |
| 24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone! | 24His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone! |
| 25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing. | 25When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw because of his thrashing. |
| 26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow. | 26The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow. |
| 27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. | 27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. |
| 28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him. | 28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him. |
| 29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance. | 29A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the sound of a javelin. |
| 30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge. | 30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge. |
| 31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment. | 31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar. |
| 32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair! | 32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair! |
| 33Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear! | 33He has no equal on earth-- a creature devoid of fear! |
| 34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.” | 34He surveys everything that is haughty; he is king over all the proud beasts. |
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