Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"Can
you
draw out Leviathan with a
fishhook
? Or press
down
his tongue with a cord?
Canst
thou
draw out leviathan with an
hook
? or his tongue with a cord which
thou
lettest
down
?
Can
you
put a
rope
into his nose? Or pierce
his jaw through with a hook
?
Canst
thou
put an
hook
into his nose? or bore
his jaw through with a thorn
?
Will he make many petitions
to
you
? Or
will he speak soft words to
you
?
Will he make many supplications
unto
thee
? will he speak soft words unto
thee
?
Will he make a covenant with you,
That
you
should
take him for a servant forever
?
Will he make a covenant with thee?
wilt
thou
take him for a servant for
ever
?
Will
you
play with him as with a bird? Or will
you
bind him for your
girls
?
Wilt
thou
play with him as with a bird? or wilt
thou
bind him for thy
maidens
?
Will
traders
barter
for
him? Will
they part him among the merchants?
Shall
the
companions
make
a
banquet
of
him? shall
they part him among the merchants?
Can
you
fill his skin with barbed irons ,
Or his head with fish -
spears?
Canst
thou
fill his skin with barbed irons ?
or his head with fish spears?
Lay your
hand on
him .
Remember the battle, and
do so
no more.
Lay thine
hand upon
him ,
remember the battle, do no more.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain .
Will
not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Behold, the hope of him is in vain :
shall
not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so fierce that he
dare stir him up .
Who then is he
who
can
stand before me?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up :
who then is able
to
stand before me?
Who has
first
given
to
me, that I should repay him? Everything
under the heavens
is mine.
Who hath
prevented
me, that I should repay him? whatsoever
is
under the whole
heaven
is mine.
"
I will not keep
silence
concerning
his limbs
, Nor his mighty
strength
, nor his goodly
frame
.
I will not conceal
his parts
, nor his power
, nor his comely
proportion
.
Who can strip
off
his outer
garment? Who shall
come within
his jaws
?
Who can discover
the
face
of
his garment? or
who can
come to
him
with
his double
bridle
?
Who can open the doors of his face? Around
his teeth is
terror
.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are
terrible
round
about
.
Strong
scales are his pride, Shut up together with a close seal.
His
scales are his pride, shut up together as
with a close seal.
One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
They are joined one to another ;
They stick together, so
that they can't
be pulled
apart
.
They are joined one to another ,
they stick together, that they cannot
be sundered
.
His sneezing
flashes
forth
light, His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
By
his neesings
a
light doth
shine
, and
his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Out of his mouth go burning torches
, Sparks of fire leap forth
.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps
, and
sparks of fire leap out
.
Out of his nostrils a
smoke goes
, As of a boiling
pot over
a
fire
of
reeds
.
Out of his nostrils goeth
smoke, as out
of a seething
pot or
caldron
.
His breath kindles
coals .
A flame goes
forth
from
his mouth.
His breath kindleth
coals ,
and
a flame goeth
out
of
his mouth.
In his neck there
is
strength .
Terror
dances
before him.
In his neck remaineth
strength ,
and
sorrow
is
turned
into
joy
before him.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together .
They are firm on
him.
They can't
be moved.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together :
they are firm in
themselves;
they cannot
be moved.
His heart is as firm as a stone ,
Yes
, firm
as the lower
millstone.
His heart is as firm as a stone ;
yea
, as hard
as
a
piece
of
the nether
millstone.
When he raises
himself
up, the mighty are afraid .
They retreat
before
his
thrashing
.
When he raiseth
up himself
, the mighty are afraid :
by
reason
of
breakings
they purify
themselves
.
If
one
lay
at
him
with
the sword ,
it
can't
avail;
Nor
the spear, the dart, nor the pointed
shaft
.
The sword of
him
that
layeth
at
him
cannot
hold:
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon
.
He counts
iron as straw ;
And brass as rotten wood.
He esteemeth
iron as straw ,
and brass as rotten wood.
The arrow can't
make him flee .
Sling
stones
are like
chaff
to
him.
The arrow cannot
make him flee :
slingstones
are turned
with
him into
stubble
.
Clubs
are counted as stubble .
He laughs
at the rushing
of the
javelin
.
Darts
are counted as stubble :
he laugheth
at the shaking
of a
spear
.
His
undersides
are like
sharp potsherds,
Leaving
a
trail
in
the mud
like
a
threshing
sledge
.
Sharp
stones
are under
him:
he
spreadeth
sharp pointed
things
upon
the mire
.
He makes
the deep to boil like a pot .
He makes
the sea like a pot of ointment.
He maketh
the deep to boil like a pot :
he maketh
the sea like a pot of ointment.
He makes
a path to shine after him .
One would think the deep had
white
hair
.
He maketh
a path to shine after him ;
one would think the deep to
be
hoary
.
On
earth there is not his equal
, That
is made without fear.
Upon
earth there is not his like
, who
is made without fear.
He sees
everything
that
is
high: He is king over all the sons
of pride. "
He beholdeth
all
high things
: he is a
king over all the children
of pride.
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