Job 41 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

God’s Power in the Leviathan

Job 41:1

Job 41:1“Can you draw out Leviathan[fn] with a hook,
Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

Job 41:2

Job 41:2Can you put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Job 41:3

Job 41:3Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak softly to you?

Job 41:4

Job 41:4Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?

Job 41:5

Job 41:5Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?

Job 41:6

Job 41:6Will your companions make a banquet[fn] of him?
Will they apportion him among the merchants?

Job 41:7

Job 41:7Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

Job 41:8

Job 41:8Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle—
Never do it again!

Job 41:9

Job 41:9Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

Job 41:10

Job 41:10No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?

Job 41:11

Job 41:11Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.

Job 41:12

Job 41:12“I will not conceal[fn] his limbs,
His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

Job 41:13

Job 41:13Who can remove his outer coat?
Who can approach him with a double bridle?

Job 41:14

Job 41:14Who can open the doors of his face,
With his terrible teeth all around?

Job 41:15

Job 41:15His rows of scales are his pride,
Shut up tightly as with a seal;

Job 41:16

Job 41:16One is so near another
That no air can come between them;

Job 41:17

Job 41:17They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.

Job 41:18

Job 41:18His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Job 41:19

Job 41:19Out of his mouth go burning lights;
Sparks of fire shoot out.

Job 41:20

Job 41:20Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

Job 41:21

Job 41:21His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes out of his mouth.

Job 41:22

Job 41:22Strength dwells in his neck,
And sorrow dances before him.

Job 41:23

Job 41:23The folds of his flesh are joined together;
They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

Job 41:24

Job 41:24His heart is as hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.

Job 41:25

Job 41:25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of his crashings they are beside[fn] themselves.

Job 41:26

Job 41:26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

Job 41:27

Job 41:27He regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.

Job 41:28

Job 41:28The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.

Job 41:29

Job 41:29Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.

Job 41:30

Job 41:30His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

Job 41:31

Job 41:31He makes the deep boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

Job 41:32

Job 41:32He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.

Job 41:33

Job 41:33On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.

Job 41:34

Job 41:34He beholds every high thing;
He is king over all the children of pride.”

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NKJV Footnotes

(41:1)

A large sea creature, exact identity unknown

(41:6)

Or bargain over him

(41:12)

Literally keep silent about

(41:25)

Or purify themselves

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