41Job 41

1Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope?Select Job 41:1

2Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws?Select Job 41:2

3Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy?Select Job 41:3

4Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever?Select Job 41:4

5Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women?Select Job 41:5

6Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell?Select Job 41:6

7Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon?Select Job 41:7

8Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!Select Job 41:8

9Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground.Select Job 41:9

10When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him.Select Job 41:10

11Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it.Select Job 41:11

12Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs and describe how great and strong he is.Select Job 41:12

13No one can tear off his outer coat or pierce the armor he wears.Select Job 41:13

14Who can make him open his jaws, ringed with those terrifying teeth?Select Job 41:14

15His back is made of rows of shields, fastened together and hard as stone.Select Job 41:15

16Each one is joined so tight to the next, not even a breath can come between.Select Job 41:16

17They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart.Select Job 41:17

18Light flashes when he sneezes, and his eyes glow like the rising sun.Select Job 41:18

19Flames blaze from his mouth, and streams of sparks fly out.Select Job 41:19

20Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.Select Job 41:20

21His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth.Select Job 41:21

22His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.Select Job 41:22

23There is not a weak spot in his skin; it is as hard and unyielding as iron.Select Job 41:23

24His stony heart is without fear, as unyielding and hard as a millstone.Select Job 41:24

25When he rises up, even the strongest are frightened; they are helpless with fear.Select Job 41:25

26There is no sword that can wound him; no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him.Select Job 41:26

27For him iron is as flimsy as straw, and bronze as soft as rotten wood.Select Job 41:27

28There is no arrow that can make him run; rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw.Select Job 41:28

29To him a club is a piece of straw, and he laughs when men throw spears.Select Job 41:29

30The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.Select Job 41:30

31He churns up the sea like boiling water and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.Select Job 41:31

32He leaves a shining path behind him and turns the sea to white foam.Select Job 41:32

33There is nothing on earth to compare with him; he is a creature that has no fear.Select Job 41:33

34He looks down on even the proudest animals; he is king of all wild beasts.Select Job 41:34