Job 41
Dios Habla Hoy
41 (40.25) Y a Leviatán, ¿lo pescarás con un anzuelo?
¿Podrás atarle la lengua con una cuerda?
2 (40.26) ¿Podrás pasarle un cordel por las narices
o atravesarle con un gancho la quijada?
3 (40.27) ¿Acaso va a rogarte que le tengas compasión,
y a suplicarte con palabras tiernas?
4 (40.28) ¿Acaso harás que te prometa
ser tu esclavo toda la vida?
5 (40.29) ¿Jugarás con él como con un pajarito?
¿Lo atarás como juguete de tus hijas?
6 (40.30) ¿Se pondrán a regatear por él en el mercado?
¿Lo cortarán en pedazos para venderlo?
7 (40.31) ¿Podrás atravesarle el cuero con flechas,
o la cabeza con arpones?
8 (40.32) Si llegas a ponerle la mano encima,
te dará tal batalla que no la olvidarás,
y nunca volverás a hacerlo.
9 (1) Con sólo ver a Leviatán,
cualquiera se desmaya de miedo.
10 (2) Si alguien lo provoca, se pone furioso;
nadie es capaz de hacerle frente.
11 (3) ¿Quién, que se le enfrente, saldrá sano y salvo?
¡Nadie en todo el mundo!
12 (4) No dejaré de mencionar sus patas
y su fuerza sin igual.
13 (5) ¿Quién puede quitarle el cuero que lo cubre,
o atravesar su doble coraza protectora?
14 (6) ¿Quién puede abrirle el hocico,
con su cerco de terribles dientes?
15 (7) Sus lomos son hileras de escudos
cerrados y duros como la piedra.
16 (8) Tan apretados están unos contra otros,
que ni el aire puede pasar entre ellos.
17 (9) Tan unidos y trabados están,
que nadie puede separarlos.
18 (10) Sus estornudos son como relámpagos;
sus ojos brillan como el sol cuando amanece.
19 (11) De su hocico salen llamaradas
y se escapan chispas de fuego.
20 (12) De sus narices sale humo,
como de una caldera que hierve al fuego.
21 (13) Su aliento enciende las brasas,
de su hocico salen llamas.
22 (14) Su cuello es tan fuerte
que ante él todos se llenan de miedo.
23 (15) Aun la parte carnosa de su cuerpo
es dura e impenetrable, como hierro fundido.
24 (16) Tiene el corazón duro como la roca,
duro como piedra de moler.
25 (17) Cuando él se levanta, los dioses se espantan
y huyen llenos de terror.
26 (18) Ni espada ni lanza ni flecha ni dardo
sirven de nada para atacarlo.
27 (19) Para él, el hierro es como paja,
y el bronce como madera podrida.
28 (20) Las flechas no lo hacen huir;
lanzarle piedras es como lanzarle paja.
29 (21) Un golpe de mazo le es como un golpe de caña;
se ríe al oír silbar las jabalinas.
30 (22) Cuando se arrastra, abre surcos en el barro,
como si lo hiciera con afilados trillos.
31 (23) Hace hervir como una olla al mar profundo;
como una caldera para mezclar ungüentos.
32 (24) Va dejando en el agua una estela
blanca y brillante como melena de canas.
33 (25) No hay en la tierra nada que se le parezca;
fue hecho para no sentir miedo jamás.
34 (26) Hace frente aun a los más arrogantes,
y es el rey de todas las fieras.
Job 41
New King James Version
God’s Power in the Leviathan
41 “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[a] with a hook,
Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2 Can you (B)put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a [b]hook?
3 Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
4 Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?
6 Will your companions [c]make a banquet of him?
Will they apportion him among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle—
Never do it again!
9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
10 No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?
11 (C)Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
(D)Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 “I will not [d]conceal his limbs,
His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
13 Who can [e]remove his outer coat?
Who can approach him with a double bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face,
With his terrible teeth all around?
15 His rows of [f]scales are his pride,
Shut up tightly as with a seal;
16 One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
17 They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lights;
Sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes out of his mouth.
22 Strength dwells in his neck,
And [g]sorrow dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together;
They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of his crashings they [h]are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
27 He regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.
33 On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.
34 He beholds every high thing;
He is king over all the children of pride.”
Job 41
English Standard Version
41 [a] “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[b] with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Can you put (B)a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with (C)a hook?
3 Will he make many pleas to you?
Will he speak to you soft words?
4 Will he make a covenant with you
to take him for (D)your servant forever?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
6 Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay your hands on him;
remember the battle—you will not do it again!
9 [c] Behold, the hope of a man is false;
he is laid low even at the sight of him.
10 No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 (E)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
(F)Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who would come near him with a bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
15 His back is made of[d] rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17 They are (G)joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
and his eyes are like (H)the eyelids of the dawn.
19 Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath (I)kindles coals,
and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck abides strength,
and terror dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh (J)stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.
24 His heart is hard as a stone,
hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty[e] are afraid;
at the crashing they are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
30 His underparts are like sharp (K)potsherds;
he spreads himself like (L)a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
one would think the deep to be white-haired.
33 (M)On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
34 He sees everything that is high;
he is king over all the (N)sons of pride.”
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