Job 41:1-10 ▼

1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2 “Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

3 “Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

4 “Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you? Will you take him for your servant forever?

5 “Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

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

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

8 “Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

9 “Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?

10 “No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan; Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?