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1 "Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? | 1 "Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? |
2Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
3Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? | 3Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? |
4Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? | 4Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? |
5"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? | 5"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? |
6Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? | 6Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? |
7Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? | 7Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? |
8Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again! | 8Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again! |
9"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. | 9"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. |
10No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? | 10No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? |
11Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. | 11Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. |
12"I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. | 12"I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. |
13Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? | 13Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? |
14Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! | 14Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! |
15His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. | 15His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. |
16Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. | 16Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. |
17Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. | 17Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. |
18"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. | 18"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. |
19Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. | 19Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. |
20Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. | 20Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. |
21His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. | 21His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. |
22"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. | 22"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. |
23There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. | 23There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. |
24His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. | 24His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. |
25When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. | 25When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. |
26"Thrusting at him with a sword won't be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. | 26"Thrusting at him with a sword won't be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. |
27He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. | 27He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. |
28Arrows won't make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. | 28Arrows won't make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. |
29Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. | 29Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. |
30"Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. | 30"Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. |
31He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. | 31He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. |
32The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. | 32The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. |
33"There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. | 33"There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. |
34He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride." | 34He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride." |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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