Job 41:1-34 NASB
[1] “Can you drag out Leviathan with a fishhook, And press down his tongue with a rope? [2] “Can you put a rope in his nose, And pierce his jaw with a hook? [3] “Will he make many pleas to you, Or will he speak to you gentle words? [4] “Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? [5] “Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls? [6] “Will the traders bargain for him? Will they divide him 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; you will not do it again! [9] “Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be hurled down even at the sight of him? [10] “No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me? [11] “Who has been first to give to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the entire heaven is Mine. [12] “I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame. [13] “Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can pierce his double armor? [14] “Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. [15] “His strong scales are his pride, Locked as with a tight seal. [16] “One is so close to another That no air can come between them. [17] “They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. [18] “His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eye of dawn. [19] “From his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. [20] “From his nostrils smoke goes out As from a boiling pot and burning reeds. [21] “His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. [22] “In his neck dwells strength, And dismay leaps before him. [23] “The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him. [24] “His heart is as firm as a stone, And as firm as a lower millstone. [25] “When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. [26] “The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. [27] “He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. [28] “The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. [29] “Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. [30] “His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud. [31] “He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. [32] “Behind him he illuminates a pathway; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. [33] “Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. [34] “He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride.”
