New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? | 1 "Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? |
2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? | 3Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? |
4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? | 4Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? |
5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? | 5"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? |
6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? | 6Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? |
7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? | 7Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? |
8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! | 8Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again! |
9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? | 9"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. |
10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? | 10No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. "Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? |
11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. | 11Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. |
12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. | 12"I won't be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. |
13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? | 13Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? |
14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. | 14Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! |
15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. | 15His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. |
16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them. | 16Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. |
17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. | 17Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. |
18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | 18"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. |
19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. | 19Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. |
20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. | 20Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. |
21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. | 21His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. |
22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. | 22"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. |
23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. | 23There is no flaw in his body's armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. |
24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. | 24His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. |
25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. | 25When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. |
26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. | 26"Thrusting at him with a sword won't be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. |
27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. | 27He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. |
28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. | 28Arrows won't make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. |
29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. | 29Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. |
30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. | 30"Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. |
31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. | 31He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. |
32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. | 32The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. |
33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. | 33"There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. |
34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." | 34He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride." |
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