Job 41

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?	1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.	2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.	3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?	4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.	5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.	6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.	7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish spears?
8 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.	8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.	9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.	10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.	11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.	12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.	13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.	14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.	15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.	16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.	17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.	18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.	19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
20 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.	20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.	21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.	22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.	23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.	24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.	25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
	26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
	27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
	28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
	29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
	30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
	31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
	32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
	33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
	34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.