New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? | 1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? |
2Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
3Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? | 3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? |
4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? | 4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? |
5Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? | 5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? |
6Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? | 6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? |
7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? | 7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? |
8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again! | 8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! |
9Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? | 9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? |
10No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me? | 10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? |
11Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. | 11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. |
12“I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. | 12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. |
13Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? | 13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? |
14Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? | 14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. |
15His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal; | 15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. |
16One is so near another That no air can come between them; | 16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them. |
17They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. | 17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. |
18His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | 18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
19Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. | 19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. |
20Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. | 20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
21His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. | 21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. |
22Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. | 22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. |
23The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. | 23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. |
24His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone. | 24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. |
25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. | 25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. |
26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. | 26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. |
27He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood. | 27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. |
28The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. | 28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. |
29Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. | 29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. |
30His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire. | 30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. |
31He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. | 31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. |
32He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair. | 32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. |
33On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear. | 33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. |
34He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride.” | 34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." |
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