Job 41
The passage describes the leviathan, a powerful sea creature, as a fearsome and uncontainable being that cannot be tamed or controlled by humans. Its body is covered in impenetrable scales, and its strength is unmatched, with the ability to cause destruction and inspire fear in all who see it. The passage emphasizes the leviathan's dominance over all other creatures, with no power on earth comparable to its own, and it is described as the king over all the sons of arrogance.
1Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord2Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band3Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly4Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever5Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids6Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him7Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes8Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more9Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down10I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance11Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine12I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication13Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth14Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth15His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another16One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them17They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated18His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning19Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly20Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling21His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth22Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence23The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place24His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil25When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves26When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate27For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood28The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him29He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear30The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay31He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do32A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age33There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one34He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance
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