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Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?
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5
6 or speak softly to you?
Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?
7 or divide him among the merchants?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
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11 or his head with fishing spears?
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I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.
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15 his power, and his graceful proportions.
His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
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19 closely sealed together.
Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!
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21 fiery sparks fly out!
His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.
22 and flames pour out of his mouth.
Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.
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24 and dismay dances before him.
His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
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26 as hard as a lower millstone!
The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
27 nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 and bronze as rotten wood.
No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
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31 slingstones become like stubble to him.
He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
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33 he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!
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a creature devoid of fear!
Footnotes:
a.
Job 41:1: Jb 40:25 in Hb
b.
Job 41:2: Lit reed
c.
Job 41:5: Lit or bind him
d.
Job 41:8: Lit your
e.
Job 41:9: Jb 41:1 in Hb
f.
Job 41:13: LXX; MT reads double bridle
g.
Job 41:14: Lit open the doors of his face
h.
Job 41:16: Lit One by one they approach
i.
Job 41:17: Lit another; they cling together and
j.
Job 41:18: Or sneezing
k.
Job 41:18: Lit eyelids
l.
Job 41:23: Lit together, hard on him
m.
Job 41:25: Or the divine beings
n.
Job 41:32: Lit a path
o.
Job 41:34: Lit the children of pride