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| [1]CAN you catch the Leviathan with a hook? Or draw him out with a cord in his mouth? |
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| [2]Can you put a bridle in his mouth? Or bore his jaw with a thorn? |
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| [3]Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak flattering words to you? |
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| [4]Will he make a covenant with you? Or will you count him as a servant for ever? |
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| [5]Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you keep him as a pet for your children? |
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| [6]Shall fishermen gather over him? Shall they divide him among many people? |
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| [7]Can you fill his skin with meat? Or bake his head with fire? |
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| [8]Try to capture him; such a battle you will have! You will never forget it. |
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| [9]Behold, Job, you now are set free from your afflictions. So your God will also remove your bitterness. |
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| [10]One cannot go far off when Leviathan is stirred up; but who then is able to stand before me |
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| [11]Who has pre-eminence over me, so that I should surrender? |
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| [12]Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. |
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| [13]I will not keep silence because of his power, and the might of his sinews. |
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| [14]Who has removed his skin? Who can come near him when the net is lowered? |
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| [15]Who can open the doors of his mouth? His teeth are terrible round about. |
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| [16]His mouth is tied up, and closely shut, as with a seal. |
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| [17]His teeth are so close together that no air can come between them. |
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| [18]They are joined one to another, they stick together so that they cannot be separated. |
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| [19]His appearance is full of light, and his eyes are like rays of the dawn. |
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| [20]Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. |
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| [21]Out of his nostrils goes smoke, like a flame spreading round the sides of a pot. |
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| [22]His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. |
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| [23]He has great strength in his neck, and fear is to him like dancing. |
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| [24]His meat is good and fat, and it is nourishing. |
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| [25]His heart is never made to quake for fear, but is firm like a stone; yea as hard as flint. |
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| [26]Because of the fear of him, the mighty are afraid; |
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| [27]And the strong are humbled. |
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| [28]The wound of the sword is of no effect; the lances of the mighty he removes. |
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| [29]He considers iron like straw, and brass like rotten wood. |
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| [30]The bow cannot make him flee; he treats slingstones as stubble. |
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| [31]He laughs at the spear; he is at home in the deep as if he were on the dry land. |
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| [32]With his strong body he walks upon the ground. |
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| [33]He brings to destruction whatever is proud. |
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| [34]He is a king over all things in the deep |
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