{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":41,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/40","next":"job/42","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or tie down his tongue with a rope?"}],"h":"The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you put a cord through his nose"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or pierce his jaw with a hook?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will he beg you for mercy"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or speak to you softly?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will he make a covenant with you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to take him as a slave for life?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you pet him like a bird"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or put him on a leash for your maidens?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will traders barter for him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or divide him among the merchants?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can you fill his hide with harpoons"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or his head with fishing spears?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If you lay a hand on him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will remember the battle and never repeat it!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Surely hope of [overcoming] him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely hope of [overcoming] him is false."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Is not the sight of him overwhelming?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Then who is able to stand against Me?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.","f":["Cited in Romans 11:35"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who has given to Me that I should repay him?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Everything under heaven is Mine."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I cannot keep silent about his limbs,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his power and graceful form."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach [him] with a bridle?","f":["Or Who can come within his double mail?"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who can strip off his outer coat?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who can approach [him] with a bridle?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who can open his jaws,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ringed by his fearsome teeth?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"[His] rows of scales are [his] pride, tightly sealed together.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[His] rows of scales are [his] pride,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tightly sealed together."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"One scale is so near to another"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that no air can pass between them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are joined to one another;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they clasp and cannot be separated."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"His snorting flashes with light,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his eyes are like the rays of dawn."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Firebrands stream from his mouth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"fiery sparks shoot forth!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Smoke billows from his nostrils"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as from a boiling pot over burning reeds."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His breath sets coals ablaze,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and flames pour from his mouth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Strength resides in his neck,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and dismay leaps before him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are firm and immovable."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His chest is as hard as a rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as hard as a lower millstone!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they withdraw before his thrashing."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The sword that reaches him has no effect,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor does the spear or dart or arrow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He regards iron as straw"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and bronze as rotten wood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"No arrow can make him flee;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"slingstones become like chaff to him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.","f":["Or javelin"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A club is regarded as straw,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he laughs at the sound of the lance."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His undersides are jagged potsherds,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he makes the sea like a jar of ointment."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He leaves a glistening wake behind him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"one would think the deep had white hair!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"Nothing on earth is his equal — a creature devoid of fear!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Nothing on earth is his equal —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a creature devoid of fear!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He looks down on all the haughty;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he is king over all the proud.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}