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Peshitta (Lamsa, 1933)
Pes(Lam)
The Gospel of James
GspJam
[1]CAN you catch the Leviathan with a hook? Or draw him out with a cord in his mouth? [No book]
[2]Can you put a bridle in his mouth? Or bore his jaw with a thorn? [No book]
[3]Will he make many supplications to you? Or will he speak flattering words to you? [No book]
[4]Will he make a covenant with you? Or will you count him as a servant for ever? [No book]
[5]Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you keep him as a pet for your children? [No book]
[6]Shall fishermen gather over him? Shall they divide him among many people? [No book]
[7]Can you fill his skin with meat? Or bake his head with fire? [No book]
[8]Try to capture him; such a battle you will have! You will never forget it. [No book]
[9]Behold, Job, you now are set free from your afflictions. So your God will also remove your bitterness. [No book]
[10]One cannot go far off when Leviathan is stirred up; but who then is able to stand before me [No book]
[11]Who has pre-eminence over me, so that I should surrender? [No book]
[12]Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. [No book]
[13]I will not keep silence because of his power, and the might of his sinews. [No book]
[14]Who has removed his skin? Who can come near him when the net is lowered? [No book]
[15]Who can open the doors of his mouth? His teeth are terrible round about. [No book]
[16]His mouth is tied up, and closely shut, as with a seal. [No book]
[17]His teeth are so close together that no air can come between them. [No book]
[18]They are joined one to another, they stick together so that they cannot be separated. [No book]
[19]His appearance is full of light, and his eyes are like rays of the dawn. [No book]
[20]Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. [No book]
[21]Out of his nostrils goes smoke, like a flame spreading round the sides of a pot. [No book]
[22]His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. [No book]
[23]He has great strength in his neck, and fear is to him like dancing. [No book]
[24]His meat is good and fat, and it is nourishing. [No book]
[25]His heart is never made to quake for fear, but is firm like a stone; yea as hard as flint. [No book]
[26]Because of the fear of him, the mighty are afraid; [No book]
[27]And the strong are humbled. [No book]
[28]The wound of the sword is of no effect; the lances of the mighty he removes. [No book]
[29]He considers iron like straw, and brass like rotten wood. [No book]
[30]The bow cannot make him flee; he treats slingstones as stubble. [No book]
[31]He laughs at the spear; he is at home in the deep as if he were on the dry land. [No book]
[32]With his strong body he walks upon the ground. [No book]
[33]He brings to destruction whatever is proud. [No book]
[34]He is a king over all things in the deep [No book]
Author: George M. Lamsa
Source: studybible.info
Translation: M.R. James (1924)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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