70 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
70 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 41
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1 Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
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or tie his tongue down with a rope?
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2 Can you put a cord through his nose
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or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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3 Will he beg you for mercy
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or speak softly to you?
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4 Will he make a covenant with you
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so that you can take him as a slave forever?
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5 Can you play with him like a bird
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or put him on a leash for your girls?
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6 Will traders bargain for him
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or divide him among the merchants?
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7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
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or his head with fishing spears?
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8 Lay a hand on him.
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You will remember the battle
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and never repeat it!
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9 Any hope of capturing him proves false.
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Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
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10 No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
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who then can stand against me?
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11 Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
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Everything under heaven belongs to me.
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12 I cannot be silent about his limbs,
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his power, and his graceful proportions.
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13 Who can strip off his outer covering?
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Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?
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14 Who can open his jaws,
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surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
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15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
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closely sealed together.
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16 One scale is so close to another
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that no air can pass between them.
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17 They are joined to one another,
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so closely connected they cannot be separated.
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18 His snorting flashes with light,
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while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
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19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
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fiery sparks fly out!
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20 Smoke billows from his nostrils
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as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
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21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
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and flames pour out of his mouth.
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22 Strength resides in his neck,
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and dismay dances before him.
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23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
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solid as metal and immovable.
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24 His heart is as hard as a rock,
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as hard as a lower millstone!
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25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
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they withdraw because of his thrashing.
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26 The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
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nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
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27 He regards iron as straw,
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and bronze as rotten wood.
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28 No arrow can make him flee;
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slingstones become like stubble to him.
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29 A club is regarded as stubble,
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and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
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30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
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spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
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31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
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he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
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32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
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one would think the deep had gray hair!
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33 He has no equal on earth—
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a creature devoid of fear!
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34 He surveys everything that is haughty;
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he is king over all the proud beasts. |