20 ¶ Canst thou draw out [a]Leviathan with an hook, and with a line which thou shalt cast down unto his tongue?

21 Canst thou cast an hook into his nose? canst thou [b]pierce his jaws with an angle?

22 Will he make many prayers unto thee? and speak thee fair?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 40:20 Meaning, the whale.
  2. Job 40:21 Because he feareth lest thou shouldest take him.

20 The hills bring it their produce,(A)
    and all the wild animals play(B) nearby.(C)
21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds(D) in the marsh.(E)
22 The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream(F) surround it.

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20 Surely the mountains (A)yield food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade;
The willows by the brook surround him.

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