King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? | 1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? |
2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? | 2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? | 3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? |
4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? | 4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? |
5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? | 5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? |
6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? | 6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? |
7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? | 7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? |
8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. | 8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! |
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? | 9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? |
10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? | 10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? |
11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. | 11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. |
12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. | 12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. |
13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? | 13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? |
14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. | 14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. |
15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. | 15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. |
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. | 16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them. |
17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. | 17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. |
18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | 18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. | 19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. |
20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. | 20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. | 21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. |
22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. | 22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. |
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. | 23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. |
24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. | 24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. |
25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. | 25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. |
26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. | 26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. |
27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. | 27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. |
28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. | 28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. |
29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. | 29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. |
30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. | 30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. |
31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. | 31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. |
32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. | 32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. |
33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. | 33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. |
34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. | 34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." |
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