New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? | 1Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue down with a rope? |
2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? | 3Will he beg you for mercy or speak softly to you? |
4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? | 4Will he make a covenant with you so that you can take him as a slave forever? |
5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? | 5Can you play with him like a bird or put him on a leash for your girls? |
6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? | 6Will traders bargain for him or divide him among the merchants? |
7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? | 7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears? |
8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! | 8Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it! |
9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? | 9Any hope of capturing him proves false. Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him? |
10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? | 10No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against Me? |
11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. | 11Who confronted Me, that I should repay him? Everything under heaven belongs to Me. |
12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. | 12I cannot be silent about his limbs, his power, and his graceful proportions. |
13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? | 13Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double layer of armor? |
14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. | 14Who can open his jaws, surrounded by those terrifying teeth? |
15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. | 15His pride is in his rows of scales, closely sealed together. |
16"One 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. |
17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. | 17They are joined to one another, so closely connected they cannot be separated. |
18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | 18His snorting flashes with light, while his eyes are like the rays of dawn. |
19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. | 19Flaming torches shoot from his mouth; fiery sparks fly out! |
20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. | 20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot or burning reeds. |
21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. | 21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour out of his mouth. |
22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. | 22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances before him. |
23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. | 23The folds of his flesh are joined together, solid as metal and immovable. |
24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. | 24His heart is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone! |
25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. | 25When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw because of his thrashing. |
26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. | 26The sword that reaches him will have no effect, nor will a spear, dart, or arrow. |
27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. | 27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. |
28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. | 28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like stubble to him. |
29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. | 29A club is regarded as stubble, and he laughs at the sound of a javelin. |
30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. | 30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading the mud like a threshing sledge. |
31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. | 31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like an ointment jar. |
32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. | 32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair! |
33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. | 33He has no equal on earth-- a creature devoid of fear! |
34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." | 34He surveys everything that is haughty; he is king over all the proud beasts. |
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