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"Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or [snare] his tongue with a line [which] you lower? |
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2
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Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
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3
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Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? |
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4
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Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? |
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5
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Will you play with him as [with] a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? |
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6
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Will [your] companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? |
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7
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Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? |
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8
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Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle -- Never do it again! |
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9
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Indeed, [any] hope of [overcoming] him is false; Shall [one not] be overwhelmed at the sight of him? |
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10
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No one [is so] fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me? |
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11
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Who has preceded Me, that I should pay [him?] Everything under heaven is Mine. |
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12
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"I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. |
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13
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Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach [him] with a double bridle? |
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14
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Who can open the doors of his face, [With] his terrible teeth all around? |
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15
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[His] rows of scales are [his] pride, Shut up tightly [as with] a seal; |
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One is so near another That no air can come between them; |
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They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. |
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18
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His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning. |
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19
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Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. |
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20
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Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As [from] a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
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21
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His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. |
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22
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Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. |
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23
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The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. |
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24
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His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower [millstone.] |
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25
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When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. |
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26
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[Though] the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. |
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27
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He regards iron as straw, [And] bronze as rotten wood. |
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28
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The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. |
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29
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Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. |
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30
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His undersides [are] like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed [marks] in the mire. |
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31
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He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. |
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32
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He leaves a shining wake behind him; [One] would think the deep had white hair. |
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33
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On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear. |
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34
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He beholds every high [thing;] He [is] king over all the children of pride." |
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