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-God's Power in the Leviathan
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 # Chapter 41
-1. "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
+1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook,
 Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
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-2. Can you put a reed through his nose,
+2 Can you put a reed through his nose,
 Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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-3. Will he make many supplications to you?
+3 Will he make many supplications to you?
 Will he speak softly to you?
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-4. Will he make a covenant with you?
+4 Will he make a covenant with you?
 Will you take him as a servant forever?
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-5. Will you play with him as with a bird,
+5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
 Or will you leash him for your maidens?
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-6. Will your companions make a banquet of him?
+6 Will your companions make a banquet of him?
 Will they apportion him among the merchants?
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-7. Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
+7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
 Or his head with fishing spears?
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-8. Lay your hand on him;
-Remember the battle--
+8 Lay your hand on him;
+Remember the battle—
 Never do it again!
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-9. Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
+9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
 Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
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-10. No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
+10 No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
 Who then is able to stand against Me?
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-11. Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
+11 Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
 Everything under heaven is Mine.
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-12. "I will not conceal his limbs,
+12 “I will not conceal his limbs,
 His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
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-13. Who can remove his outer coat?
+13 Who can remove his outer coat?
 Who can approach him with a double bridle?
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-14. Who can open the doors of his face,
+14 Who can open the doors of his face,
 With his terrible teeth all around?
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-15. His rows of scales are his pride,
+15 His rows of scales are his pride,
 Shut up tightly as with a seal;
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-16. One is so near another
+16 One is so near another
 That no air can come between them;
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-17. They are joined one to another,
+17 They are joined one to another,
 They stick together and cannot be parted.
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-18. His sneezings flash forth light,
+18 His sneezings flash forth light,
 And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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-19. Out of his mouth go burning lights;
+19 Out of his mouth go burning lights;
 Sparks of fire shoot out.
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-20. Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
+20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
 As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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-21. His breath kindles coals,
+21 His breath kindles coals,
 And a flame goes out of his mouth.
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-22. Strength dwells in his neck,
+22 Strength dwells in his neck,
 And sorrow dances before him.
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-23. The folds of his flesh are joined together;
+23 The folds of his flesh are joined together;
 They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
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-24. His heart is as hard as stone,
+24 His heart is as hard as stone,
 Even as hard as the lower millstone.
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-25. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
+25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
 Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
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-26. Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
+26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
 Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
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-27. He regards iron as straw,
+27 He regards iron as straw,
 And bronze as rotten wood.
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-28. The arrow cannot make him flee;
+28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
 Slingstones become like stubble to him.
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-29. Darts are regarded as straw;
+29 Darts are regarded as straw;
 He laughs at the threat of javelins.
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-30. His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
+30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
 He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
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-31. He makes the deep boil like a pot;
+31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
 He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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-32. He leaves a shining wake behind him;
+32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
 One would think the deep had white hair.
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-33. On earth there is nothing like him,
+33 On earth there is nothing like him,
 Which is made without fear.
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-34. He beholds every high thing;
-He is king over all the children of pride."
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+34 He beholds every high thing;
+He is king over all the children of pride.”