Job 41
Revised Geneva Translation
41 “No one is so fierce who dares stir him up. Who, then, is he who can stand before Me?
2 “Who has preceded Me that I should appease? All under heaven is Mine.
3 “I will not keep silent concerning his parts, or his power, or his comely proportion.
4 “Who can discover the face of his garment? Who shall come to him with a double bridle?
5 “Who shall open the doors of his face? His teeth are fearful all around.
6 “The majesty of his scales is like strong shields and are sure-sealed.
7 “One is so near to another, so that no wind can come between them.
8 “One is joined to another. They stick together, so that they cannot be parted.
9 “His sneezes make the light shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
10 “Out of his mouth go lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
11 “Out of his nostrils comes out smoke, as out of a boiling pot or caldron.
12 “His breath makes the coals burn, for a flame goes out of his mouth.
13 “In his neck remains strength, and labor is rejected before his face.
14 “The members of his body are joined. They are strong in themselves and cannot be moved.
15 “His heart is as strong as a stone, and as hard as the lower millstone.
16 “The mighty are afraid of his majesty. They faint in themselves for fear.
17 “When the sword touches him, he will not rise up. Nor for the spear, dart or javelin.
18 “He esteems iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
19 “The archer cannot make him flee. The stones of the sling are turned into stubble to him.
20 “The darts are counted as straw, and he laughs at the shaking of the spear.
21 “Sharp stones are under him, and he spreads sharp things upon the mire.
22 “He makes the depth boil like a pot, and makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
23 “He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
24 “There is no one like him on the Earth. He is made without fear.
25 “He beholds all high things. He is a king over all the children of pride.”
Job 41
Expanded Bible
41 “Can you catch Leviathan [C a large sea creature or monster; 3:8] on a fishhook
or tie its tongue down with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord through its nose
or ·a hook in its jaw [L pierce its jaw/cheek with a hook]?
3 Will it keep begging you for mercy
and speak to you with ·gentle [soft; kind; tender] words?
4 Will it ·make [L cut] an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with you
and let you take it as your slave ·for life [L forever]?
5 Can you ·make a pet of Leviathan [L play with it] as you would a bird
or put it on a leash for your girls?
6 Will ·traders [the fishing guild] try to ·bargain [haggle] with you for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7 Can you stick ·darts [harpoons] all over its skin
or fill its head with fishing spears?
8 If you put one hand on it,
you will ·never forget [L remember] the battle,
and you will never do it again!
9 ·There is no hope of defeating it [Any hope of defeating/subduing it will prove a lie];
just seeing it ·overwhelms people [L throws people down].
10 No one is ·brave [fierce] enough to ·make it angry [arouse it; stir it up],
so who would be able to stand up against ·me [or it]?
11 ·No one [L Who…?] has ever ·given me anything that I must pay back [or confronted it and come out whole/safe],
·because everything under the sky belongs to me [or who—under the entire heavens?].
12 “I will ·speak [L not keep quiet] about Leviathan’s ·arms and legs [limbs],
its great strength and ·well-formed body [L grace of form].
13 ·No one [L Who…?] can ·tear off [L expose] its outer ·hide [L garment]
or ·poke [enter] through its double armor.
14 ·No one [L Who…?] can force open ·its great jaws [L the doors of its face];
they are filled with frightening teeth.
15 It has rows of shields on its back
that are tightly sealed together.
16 Each ·shield is so close to the next one [L draws near the other, so]
that no air can go between them.
17 ·They are joined strongly to one another [L Each clings to its neighbor];
they hold on to each other and cannot be ·separated [broken off].
18 When it ·snorts [sneezes], flashes of light are thrown out,
and its eyes look like the light at dawn.
19 Flames blaze from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20 Smoke pours out of its nose,
as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.
21 Its breath sets coals on fire,
and flames come out of its mouth.
22 There is great strength in its neck.
·People are afraid and run away [or Violence leaps before it].
23 The folds of its skin are tightly joined;
they are set and cannot be moved.
24 Its ·chest [L heart] is as hard as a rock,
even as hard as a ·grinding stone [lower millstone].
25 The ·powerful [mighty; or gods] fear ·its terrible looks [L when it lifts itself up]
and ·draw back in fear as it moves [or the waves miss their mark/retreat].
26 The sword that ·hits [approaches] it does not hurt it,
nor the arrows, darts, and spears.
27 It ·treats [considers] iron as if it were straw
and bronze metal as if it were rotten wood.
28 It does not run away from arrows;
stones from slings are like chaff to it.
29 Clubs feel like ·pieces of straw [chaff] to it,
and it laughs when they ·shake [rattle] a spear at it.
30 The underside of its body is like ·broken [or sharp] pieces of pottery.
It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.
31 It makes the deep sea ·bubble like a boiling [L boil like a] pot;
it ·stirs up the sea like a pot of oil [L makes the sea like ointment].
32 ·When it swims [L After it], it leaves a shining path in the water
that makes the sea look as if it had white hair.
33 Nothing else on earth is equal to it;
it is a creature without fear.
34 It looks down on all those who are ·too proud [proud; lofty];
it is king over all proud creatures.”
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