Job 41 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue? “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 Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw? 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 Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things? 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 Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? 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 Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels? 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 (Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!) 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 Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears 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 Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add! 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 Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down? 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 None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who is he before Me stationeth himself? 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 Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it is mine. 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 I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement. “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 Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter? 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 The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth are terrible. 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 A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal. 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 One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them. 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 One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated. 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 His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn. 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 Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth. Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds. 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 His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth. His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth. Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.
22 In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult. In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him. Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it.
23 The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved. 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 His heart is firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece. His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the lower millstone. Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
25 From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free. 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 The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance. 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 He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood. He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood.
28 The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling. 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 As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. 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 Under him are sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire. 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 He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment. 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 After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary. 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 There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror. On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear. Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear.
34 Every high thing he doth see, He is king over all sons 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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