King James Bible

Christian Standard Bible

1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope?

2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you?

4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever?

5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls?

6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

6Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants?

7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

8Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it!

9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against me?

11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

11Who confronted me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions.

13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?

14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

14Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

15His pride is in his rows of scales, closely sealed together.

16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

16One scale is so close to another that no air can pass between them.

17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

17They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated.

18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

18His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out!

20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth.

22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him.

23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

23The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable.

24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

24His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!

25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

25When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw because of his thrashing.

26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

26The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him.

29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

29A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.

30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar.

32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair!

33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

33He has no equal on earth--a creature devoid of fear!

34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

34He surveys everything that is haughty; he is king over all the proud beasts.

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