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Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? |
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Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook? |
3
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Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee? |
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Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? |
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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? |
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Shall the bands {cf15i of fishermen} make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants? |
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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears? |
8
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Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more. |
9
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? |
10
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None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me? |
11
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Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? {cf15i whatsoever is} under the whole heaven is mine. |
12
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I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion. |
13
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Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle? |
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Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror. |
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His strong scales are {cf15i his} pride, shut up together {cf15i as with} a close seal. |
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One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. |
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They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. |
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His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
19
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Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth. |
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Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and {cf15i burning} rushes. |
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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth. |
22
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In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him. |
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved. |
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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone. |
25
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When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: by reason of consternation they are beside themselves. |
26
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If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. |
27
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He counteth iron as straw, {cf15i and} brass as rotten wood. |
28
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The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. |
29
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Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin. |
30
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His underparts are {cf15i like} sharp potsherds: he spreadeth {cf15i as it were} a threshing wain upon the mire. |
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment. |
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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. |
33
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Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear. |
34
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He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride. |
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