(KJV) Job 41¹

⥃The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

[1] Canst thou draw out leviathan² with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down³?⁴ [2] Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?⁵ [3] Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?⁶ [4] Will he⁷ make a covenant with thee? wilt thou⁸ take him for a servant⁹ for ever? [5] Wilt thou play¹⁰ with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind¹¹ him for thy maidens? [6] Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?¹² [7] Canst¹³ thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish¹⁴ spears? [8] Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.¹⁵ [9] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall¹⁶ not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him? [10] None [is so] fierce that dare¹⁷ stir him up: who¹⁸ then is able to stand before me? [11] Who¹⁹ hath prevented me, that I should repay [him]? [whatsoever²⁰ is] under the whole heaven is mine. [12] I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely²¹ proportion. [13] Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with²² his double²³ bridle? [14] Who can open the²⁴ doors of his face? his teeth²⁵ [are] terrible round about. [15] [His] scales²⁶ [are his] pride²⁷, shut up together [as with] a close²⁸ 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 eyelids²⁹ of the morning. [19] Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire leap out.³⁰ [20] Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.³¹ [21] His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.³² [22] In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy³³ before him.³⁴ [23] The flakes³⁵ of his flesh are joined³⁶ together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. [24] His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard³⁷ as a piece of the nether [millstone]. [25] When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by³⁸ reason of breakings they purify themselves. [26] The sword³⁹ of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon⁴⁰. [27] He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood. [28] The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones⁴¹ are turned with him into stubble. [29] Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.⁴² [30] Sharp stones⁴³ [are] under him: he⁴⁴ 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.⁴⁵ [32] He maketh a path to shine⁴⁶ after him; [one] would think the deep⁴⁷ [to be] hoary⁴⁸.⁴⁹ [33] Upon⁵⁰ earth there is not his like, who is made⁵¹ without fear. [34] He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is⁵²] a king over all the children of pride.