41:1 “ ①Can you drag out ②Leviathan with a fishhook,
And press down his tongue with a rope?
▷ ①Ch 40:25 in Heb ②I.e., a sea monster or crocodile
41:2 Can you put a ①rope in his nose,
And pierce his jaw with a ②hook?
▷ ①Lit rope of rushes ②Or thorn; or ring
41:3 Will he make many pleas to you,
Or will he speak to you gentle words?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
And tie him down for your young girls?
41:6 Will the ①traders bargain for him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
▷ ①Lit partners
41:7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
41:8 Lay your hand on him.
Remember the battle; ①you will not do it again!
▷ ①Lit do not add
41:9 ①Behold, ②your expectation is false;
Will ③you be hurled down even at the sight of him?
▷ ①Ch 41:1 in Heb ②Lit his ③Lit he
41:10 No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him;
Who then is he who opposes Me?
41:11 Who has been first to give to Me, that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the entire heaven is Mine.
41:12 “I will not be silent about his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.
41:13 Who can ①strip off his outer covering?
Who can ②pierce his double ③armor?
▷ ①Lit uncover the face of his garment ②Lit come into ③As in LXX; Heb bridle
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
41:15 His ①strong scales are his pride,
Locked as with a tight seal.
▷ ①Lit rows of shields
41:16 One is so close to another
That no air can come between them.
41:17 They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
41:18 His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eye of dawn.
41:19 From his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
41:20 From his nostrils smoke goes out
As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
41:21 His breath sets coals aglow,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
41:22 In his neck dwells strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
41:23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm and immovable on him.
41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone,
And as firm as a lower millstone.
41:25 When he rises up, the ①mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
▷ ①Or gods
41:26 The sword that reaches him cannot ①prevail,
Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
▷ ①Lit rise
41:27 He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
41:28 The ①arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
▷ ①Lit son of the bow
41:29 Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
41:30 His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery;
He ①spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
▷ ①Or moves across
41:31 He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
41:32 Behind him he illuminates a pathway;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
41:33 Nothing on ①earth is like him,
One made without fear.
▷ ①Lit dust
41:34 ①He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”
▷ ①Ch 41:26 in Heb