Job 41 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 (40:25) Canst thou drawe out Leuiathan with an hooke, or binde his tongue with a corde? “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? “Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2 (40:26) Canst thou put a hooke in the nose of him, or bore his iawe through with a naule? Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3 (40:27) Wyl he make many faire wordes with thee thinkest thou or flatter thee? Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4 (40:28) Wyll he make a couenaunt with thee? or wilt thou take him for a seruaunt for euer? Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life?
5 (40:29) Wylt thou take thy pastime with him as with a birde, wilt thou binde him for thy maydens? Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you put him on a leash for your girls? Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6 (40:30) That thy companions may make a refection of him: or shall he be parted among the marchauntes? Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7 (40:31) Canst thou fil the basket with his skin? or the fishe panier with his head? Can you fill his skin with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?
8 (40:32) Laye thyne hande vpon him, remember the battaile, and do no more so. Lay your hands on him; remember the battle—you will not do it again! If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
9 (40:33) Beholde his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perishe euen at the sight of him? Behold, the hope of a man is false; he is laid low even at the sight of him. Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.
10 (41:1) No man is so fierce that dare stirre him vp: Who is able to stande before me? No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?
11 (41:2) Or who hath geuen me any thyng aforehande, that I may rewarde him againe? All thinges vnder heauen are myne. Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12 (41:3) I wyll not keepe secrete his great strength, his power, nor his comely proportion. “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame. “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form.
13 (41:4) Who can discouer the face of his garment? or who shall come to him with a double brydle? Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle? Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?
14 (41:5) Who shall open the doores of his face? for he hath horrible teeth round about. Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror. Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15 (41:6) His scales are as it were strong shieldes, so fastened together as if they were sealed: His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal. Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
16 (41:7) One is so ioyned to another, that no ayre can come in: One is so near to another that no air can come between them. each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.
17 (41:8) Yea, one hangeth so vpon another, & sticketh so together, that they can not be sundred. They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated. They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted.
18 (41:9) His neesinges make a glistering like fyre, and his eyes lyke the morning shine. His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 (41:10) Out of his mouth go torches, and sparkes of fire leape out. Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth. Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
20 (41:11) And out of his nostrels there goeth a smoke, lyke as out of an hotte seething pot, or caldron. Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 (41:2) His breath maketh the coles burne, and the flambe goeth out of his mouth. His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth. Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.
22 (41:13) In his necke ther remaineth strength, and nothing is to labourous for him. In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him. Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it.
23 (41:14) The members of his body are ioyned so strait one to another, and cleaue so fast together, that he cannot be moued. The folds of his flesh stick together, firmly cast on him and immovable. The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24 (41:5) His heart is as hard as a stone, and as fast as the stythie that the smyth smiteth vpon. His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the lower millstone. Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
25 (41:6) When he goeth the mightie are afraide, and feare troubleth them. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves. When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing.
26 (41:17) If any man drawe out a sword at him, it shall not hurt him: there may neither speare, laueling, nor brestplate abide him. Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
27 (41:18) He setteth asmuch by iron as by a strawe, and asmuch by brasse as by a rotten sticke. He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
28 (41:19) He starteth not away from him that bendeth the bowe: & as for sling stones he careth asmuch for stouble as for the. The arrow cannot make him flee; for him, sling stones are turned to stubble. Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it.
29 (41:20) He counteth the dartes no better then a strawe, he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare. Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins. A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
30 (41:21) Sharpe stones are vnder him lyke potsheardes, and he lyeth vpon sharpe thinges as vpon the soft myre. His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire. Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 (41:22) He maketh the deepe to boyle lyke a pot, and stirreth the sea together lyke an oyntment. He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 (41:23) He maketh the path to be seene after him, and he maketh the deepe to seeme all hoarie. Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired. It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.
33 (41:24) Upon earth there is no power lyke vnto his: for he is so made that he feareth not. On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear. Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear.
34 (41:25) He beholdeth all the hye thinges, he is a king ouer all the children of pride. He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride.” It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud.”
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