Job 41

1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?⋮

2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?⋮

3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?⋮

4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?⋮

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?⋮

6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?⋮

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?⋮

8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.⋮

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?⋮

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?⋮

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.⋮

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.⋮

13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?⋮

14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.⋮

15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.⋮

16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.⋮

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.⋮

18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.⋮

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.⋮

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.⋮

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.⋮

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.⋮

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.⋮

24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.⋮

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.⋮

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.⋮

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.⋮

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.⋮

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.⋮

30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.⋮

31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.⋮

32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.⋮

33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.⋮

34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.⋮