41:1 But wilt thou catch the serpent with a
hook, and put a halter about his nose?
41:2 Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a
clasp?
41:3 Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a
suppliant?
41:4 And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a
perpetual servant?
41:5 And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow
for a child?
41:6 And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians
share him?
41:7 And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin
of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing-vessels.
41:8 But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him [once], remembering the war that
is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.
41:9 Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said
[of him]?
41:10 Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is
there that resists me?
41:11 Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven
is mine?
41:12 I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one]
shall pity his antagonist.
41:13 Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the
fold of his breastplate?
41:14 Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.
41:15 His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a
smyrite stone.
41:16 One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between
them.
41:17 They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined,
and cannot be separated.
41:18 At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance
of the morning star.
41:19 Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were
hearths of fire are cast abroad.
41:20 Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of
coals.
41:21 His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
41:22 And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
41:23 The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours
[violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.
41:24 His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.
41:25 And when he turns, [he s] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts
which leap upon the earth.
41:26 If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either
with] the spear or the breast-plate.
41:27 For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.
41:29 Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the
firebrand.
41:30 His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea
under him is an immense [quantity of] clay.
41:31 He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea
as a pot of ointment,
41:32 and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as
[his] range.
41:33 There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with
by my Messengers.
41:34 He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the
waters. |
41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an
hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a
thorn?
41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words
unto thee?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for
ever?
41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy
maidens?
41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among
the merchants?
41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish
spears?
41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at
the sight of him?
41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under
the whole heaven is mine.
41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
proportion.
41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with
his double bridle?
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot
be sundered.
41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids
of the morning.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before
him.
41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in
themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether
millstone.
41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of
breakings they purify themselves.
41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart,
nor the habergeon.
41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into
stubble.
41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the
mire.
41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of
ointment.
41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be
hoary.
41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride. |