Holman Christian Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

1"Can you 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?

2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?

4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever?

4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?

5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?

5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

6Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants?

6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it!

8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against Me?

10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

11Who confronted Me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to Me.

11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions.

12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?

13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?

14Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.

15His pride is in his rows of scales, closely sealed together.

15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.

16One scale is so close to another that no air can pass between them.

16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.

17They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated.

17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

18His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out!

19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.

20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth.

21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him.

22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.

23The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable.

23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.

24His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.

25When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw because of his thrashing.

25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

26The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him.

28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

29A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.

29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.

30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.

31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair!

32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

33He has no equal on earth-- a creature devoid of fear!

33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.

34He surveys everything that is haughty; he is king over all the proud beasts.

34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride."

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