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.”
約伯記 41
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
41 「你豈能用魚鉤釣鱷魚,
用繩索綁住牠的舌頭?
2 你豈能用繩子穿牠的鼻子,
用鉤子穿牠的腮骨?
3 牠豈會向你連連求饒,
對你說柔和的話?
4 牠豈肯與你立約,
一生做你的奴隸?
5 你豈能拿牠當小鳥玩耍,
或拴起來給幼女取樂?
6 漁夫們豈能把牠當貨物出售,
賣給商人?
7 你豈能在牠皮上戳滿長矛,
頭上插滿魚叉?
8 你動手碰碰牠,
就知道有何惡戰,絕不會再碰。
9 企圖捕捉牠的都會失望,
人看到牠就會心驚膽戰。
10 再兇猛的人也不敢惹牠。
這樣,誰能在我面前站立得住?
11 誰給過我什麼,要我償還?
天下萬物都是我的。
12 「論到牠的四肢、大力和姣美的身體,
我不能緘默不言。
13 誰能剝去牠的外皮?
誰能給牠戴上轡頭?
14 誰能打開牠的口?
牠的牙齒令人恐懼。
15 牠的脊背覆著行行鱗甲,
牢牢地密封在一起,
16 緊密無間,
連氣也透不進去。
17 鱗甲彼此相連相扣,
無法分開。
18 牠打噴嚏時,水光四射;
牠的眼睛發出晨光;
19 口中噴出火炬,
迸出火星;
20 鼻孔冒煙,
如沸騰的鍋和燃燒的蘆葦;
21 呼氣可點燃煤炭,
口中噴出火焰;
22 頸項強而有力,
恐懼在牠前面開路;
23 身上的皺褶緊密相連,
牢牢地密封在一起;
24 心堅如石,
硬如磨石。
25 牠一站起來,勇士都害怕,
見牠衝來,他們慌忙退縮。
26 刀劍擋不住牠,
長矛、標槍、尖戟也無能為力。
27 牠視鐵如乾草,
視銅如朽木。
28 利箭嚇不跑牠,
彈石在牠看來只是碎稭;
29 棍棒無異於稭稈,
牠嗤笑投來的標槍。
30 牠腹部有鋒利的瓦片,
在淤泥上留下道道耙痕。
31 牠使深淵如鍋翻騰,
大海如油鍋滾動。
32 牠游過後留下一道波光,
使深淵彷彿披上銀髮。
33 地上沒有動物能與牠相比,
像牠那樣無所畏懼。
34 牠藐視群雄,
在高傲的百獸中稱王。」
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
