God’s Power Shown in Creatures
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“Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
4 Or will he speak to you soft words?
“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
5 Will you take him for a servant forever?
“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
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7 Or will you bind him for your maidens?
“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
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Or his head with fishing spears?
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“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
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16 Around his teeth there is terror.
“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
17 That no air can come between them.
“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
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19 They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Sparks of fire leap forth.
“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22 And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
23 And dismay leaps before him.
“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.
24 Firm on him and immovable.
“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
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26 Even as hard as a lower millstone.
“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
27 Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
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29 Bronze as rotten wood.
“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
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31 He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
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One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
Footnotes:
a.
Job 41:1: ['Ch 40:25 in Heb']
b.
Job 41:1: ['Or ', the crocodile]
c.
Job 41:2: ['Lit ', rope of rushes]
d.
Job 41:2: ['Or ', thorn, ' or ', ring]
e.
Job 41:6: ['Lit ', partners]
f.
Job 41:8: ['Lit ', do not add]
g.
Job 41:9: ['Ch 41:1 in Heb']
h.
Job 41:9: ['Lit ', his]
i.
Job 41:9: ['Lit ', he]
j.
Job 41:11: ['Lit ', anticipated]
k.
Job 41:12: ['Or ', graceful]
l.
Job 41:13: ['Lit ', uncover the face of his garment]
m.
Job 41:13: ['So Gr; Heb ', bridle]
n.
Job 41:15: ['Lit ', rows of shields]
o.
Job 41:25: ['Or ', gods]
p.
Job 41:28: ['Lit ', son of the bow]
q.
Job 41:30: ['Or ', moves across]
r.
Job 41:33: ['Lit ', dust]
s.
Job 41:34: ['Ch 41:26 in Heb']
Cross references:
B.
Job 41:2:
Isaiah 37:29