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¹ # 41:1a Verses 41:1-8 are numbered 40:25-32 in Hebrew text. “Can you catch Leviathan#41:1b The identification of Leviathan is disputed, ranging from an earthly creature to a mythical sea monster in ancient literature. with a hookor put a noose around its jaw? ²Can you tie it with a rope through the noseor pierce its jaw with a spike? ³Will it beg you for mercyor implore you for pity? ⁴Will it agree to work for you, to be your slave for life? ⁵Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with? ⁶Will merchants try to buy itto sell it in their shops? ⁷Will its hide be hurt by spearsor its head by a harpoon? ⁸If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows.You won’t try that again! ⁹ # 41:9 Verses 41:9-34 are numbered 41:1-26 in Hebrew text. No, it is useless to try to capture it.The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down. ¹⁰And since no one dares to disturb it, who then can stand up to me? ¹¹Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?Everything under heaven is mine. ¹²“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbsand its enormous strength and graceful form. ¹³Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?#41:13 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads its bridle? ¹⁴Who could pry open its jaws?For its teeth are terrible! ¹⁵The scales on its back are like#41:15 As in some Greek manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads Its pride is in its. rows of shieldstightly sealed together. ¹⁶They are so close togetherthat no air can get between them. ¹⁷Each scale sticks tight to the next.They interlock and cannot be penetrated. ¹⁸“When it sneezes, it flashes light!Its eyes are like the red of dawn. ¹⁹Lightning leaps from its mouth;flames of fire flash out. ²⁰Smoke streams from its nostrilslike steam from a pot heated over burning rushes. ²¹Its breath would kindle coals, for flames shoot from its mouth. ²²“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neckstrikes terror wherever it goes. ²³Its flesh is hard and firmand cannot be penetrated. ²⁴Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a millstone. ²⁵When it rises, the mighty are afraid, gripped by terror. ²⁶No sword can stop it, no spear, dart, or javelin. ²⁷Iron is nothing but straw to that creature, and bronze is like rotten wood. ²⁸Arrows cannot make it flee.Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass. ²⁹Clubs are like a blade of grass, and it laughs at the swish of javelins. ³⁰Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud. ³¹“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment. ³²The water glistens in its wake, making the sea look white. ³³Nothing on earth is its equal, no other creature so fearless. ³⁴Of all the creatures, it is the proudest.It is the king of beasts.”

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