Job 41

CHAPTER 41 The Dragon

1 And shall you lead the dragon by a hook, and put a halter around his nose? 2 Or will you tie a hook in his nose, [⁴for a clasp ¹and ²will you make a hole ³in his lip]? 3 And will he speak to you [²supplications ¹earnest] softly? 4 [²will he establish ¹And ⁴with ⁵you ³a covenant]? And will you take him [²servant ¹for an everlasting]? 5 And will you play with him as a bird? Or will you bind him as a sparrow for a child? 6 [³feed ¹And do ⁴in ⁵him ²nations]? [⁴partition ¹And do ⁵him ³of the Phoenicians ²the nations]? 7 And everything afloat coming together in no way shall bear the hide [²one ³tail ¹of his]; nor in the boats of fishermen shall they bear his head. 8 But shall you place a hand on him, remembering the war taking place in his body, and let it no longer take place? 9 Have you not seen him, nor [²over ³the ones ⁴speaking ¹wondered]? 10 Are you not in awe that it has been prepared by me? For who is the one opposing me? 11 Or who shall oppose me and remain, since all under heaven is mine? 12 I will not keep silent because of him; and the word of power shall show mercy equal to him. 13 Who will uncover the front of his clothing? and into the fold of his chest plate who can enter? 14 [³the gates ⁴of his face ¹Who ²will open]? Round about his teeth is fear; 15 His insides are as shields of brass, [³sinews ¹and ²his] are as emery stone. 16 One of one cleaves together, and wind in no way goes through it; 17 as a man to his brother they shall be cleaved; they are held together, and in no way draw apart. 18 In his sneezing [²shines forth ¹brightness], and his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star. 19 From out of his mouth [³shall go forth ²lamps ¹burning], and scattered grates of fire. 20 From out of his nostrils comes forth smoke of a furnace burning [²of fire ¹with coals]. 21 His soul is as live coals; and a flame [²from out of ³his mouth ¹goes forth]. 22 And in his neck lodges power. [³before ⁴him ²runs ¹Destruction]. 23 And the flesh of his body cleaves tightly. If one pours down upon him, he will not be shaken. 24 His heart is fixed as stone, and he stands as an anvil, not malleable. 25 [³turning ¹And ²his] gives fear [²wild beasts ¹to the four-footed ⁴upon ⁵the earth ³leaping]. 26 If [²should meet up with ³him ¹lances], nothing in any way shall terrify by spear and chest plate. 27 For he esteems iron as straw, and brass as [²wood ¹rotten]. 28 In no way shall [³pierce ⁴him ¹the bow ²of brass]. He esteems a slinger indeed as grass; 29 [³as ⁴stubble ²are considered ¹hammers]; and he ridicules the quaking of a fire-bearer. 30 His strewn bed [²points ¹is of sharp]; and all the gold of the sea under him is as [²mud ¹untold]. 31 [³breaks out ¹The ²abyss] as a brazen cauldron; and he esteems the sea as an ointment jar. 32 And the infernal region of the abyss is as if a captive; he considers the abyss for a promenade. 33 There is not anything upon the earth likened to him, being made, to be mocked at by my angels. 34 Every lofty thing he sees; and he is king of all the things in the waters.