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41:1  Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?
41:2  Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
41:3  Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
41:4  Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?
41:5  Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?
41:6  Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
41:7  Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?
41:8  Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.
41:9  Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.
41:10  No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?
41:11  Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine.
41:12  I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order.
41:13  Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle?
41:14  Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.
41:15  His scales {Heb. shields} are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
41:16  One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:17  They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated.
41:18  By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
41:19  Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
41:20  Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
41:21  His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
41:22  In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.
41:23  The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move.
41:24  His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
41:25  Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves.
41:26  When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him.
41:27  He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
41:28  The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.
41:29  He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
41:30  Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.
41:31  He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
41:32  He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
41:33  Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.
41:34  He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.