Bible, King James Version
Job
Job.41
[1] Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his
tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
[2] Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw
through with a thorn?
[3] Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he
speak soft words unto thee?
[4] Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him
for a servant for ever?
[5] Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou
bind him for thy maidens?
[6] Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they
part him among the merchants?
[7] Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head
with fish spears?
[8] Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no
more.
[9] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be
cast down even at the sight of him?
[10] None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is
able to stand before me?
[11] Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?
whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
[12] I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his
comely proportion.
[13] Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can
come to him with his double bridle?
[14] Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are
terrible round about.
[15] His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a
close 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 eyelids of the morning.
[19] Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire
leap out.
[20] Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething
pot or caldron.
[21] His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of
his mouth.
[22] In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned
into joy before him.
[23] The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are
firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
[24] His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a
piece of the nether millstone.
[25] When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by
reason of breakings they purify themselves.
[26] The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the
spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
[27] He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten
wood.
[28] The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are
turned with him into stubble.
[29] Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the
shaking of a spear.
[30] Sharp stones are under him: he 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.
[32] He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think
the deep to be hoary.
[33] Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without
fear.
[34] He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all
the children of pride.
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