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Job 40:15 - 41:24

Behold the Behemoth

15
“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you;
It eats grass like an ox.
16
Behold now, its power in its loins
And its vigor in the muscles of its belly.
17
It hangs its tail like a cedar;
The sinews of its thighs are knit together.
18
Its bones are tubes of bronze;
Its limbs are like bars of iron.

19
“It is the first of the ways of God;
Let its Maker bring near its sword.
20
Surely the mountains bring it food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.
21
Under the lotus plants it lies down,
In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.
22
The lotus plants cover it with shade;
The willows of the brook surround it.
23
If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;
It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.
24
Can anyone capture it before its eyes,
With snares can anyone pierce its nose?

Can You Draw Out Leviathan?

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down its tongue with a cord?
2
Can you put a rope in its nose
Or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3
Will it make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
4
Will it cut a covenant with you?
Will you take it for a slave forever?
5
Will you play with it as with a bird,
Or will you bind it for your young women?
6
Will the traders bargain over it?
Will they divide it among the merchants?
7
Can you fill its skin with harpoons,
Or its head with fishing spears?
8
Place your hand on it;
Remember the battle; you will not do that again!
9
Behold, his expectation is a lie;
Will he be laid low even at the sight of it?
10
No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse it;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
11
Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

12
“I will not keep silence concerning its limbs,
Or its mighty strength or its graceful frame.
13
Who can strip off its outer armor?
Who can come with its doubled bridle?
14
Who can open the doors of its face?
Around its teeth there is dreadful terror.
15
Its strong scales are its pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
16
One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
17
They cling one to another;
They are interlocked and cannot be separated.
18
Its sneezes flash forth light,
And its eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19
Out of its mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
20
Out of its nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
21
Its breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from its mouth.
22
In its neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before it.
23
The folds of its flesh cling together,
Hardened upon it and is not shaken.
24
Its heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.