Job 41
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
1(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
2Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
2(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
3Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
3(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
4(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
5(40-29) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
6(40-30) Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
7(40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
8Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
8(40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
9Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
9(41-1) Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
10(41-2) None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
11(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
12“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
12(41-4) Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?
13(41-5) Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
14Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
14(41-6) Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
15(41-7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
16(41-8) One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
17(41-9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
18(41-10) His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.
19(41-11) Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
20Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
20(41-12) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
21His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.
21(41-13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.
22(41-14) In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
23The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.
23(41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
24His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
24(41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
25(41-17) When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
26If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
26(41-18) If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
27(41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
28(41-20) The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
29(41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
30His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
30(41-22) Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
31He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
31(41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
32He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
32(41-24) He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
33(41-25) Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.
34He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”
34(41-26) He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
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