106 lines
2.8 KiB
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106 lines
2.8 KiB
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# Chapter 41
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1. "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
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or press down his tongue with a cord?
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2. Can you put a rope in his nose
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or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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3. Will he make many pleas to you?
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Will he speak to you soft words?
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4. Will he make a covenant with you
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to take him for your servant forever?
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5. Will you play with him as with a bird,
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or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
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6. Will traders bargain over him?
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Will they divide him up among the merchants?
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7. Can you fill his skin with harpoons
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or his head with fishing spears?
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8. Lay your hands on him;
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remember the battle--you will not do it again!
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9. Behold, the hope of a man is false;
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he is laid low even at the sight of him.
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10. No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
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Who then is he who can stand before me?
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11. Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
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Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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12. "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
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or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
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13. Who can strip off his outer garment?
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Who would come near him with a bridle?
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14. Who can open the doors of his face?
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Around his teeth is terror.
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15. His back is made of rows of shields,
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shut up closely as with a seal.
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16. One is so near to another
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that no air can come between them.
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17. They are joined one to another;
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they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
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18. His sneezings flash forth light,
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and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
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19. Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
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sparks of fire leap forth.
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20. Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
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as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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21. His breath kindles coals,
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and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
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22. In his neck abides strength,
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and terror dances before him.
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23. The folds of his flesh stick together,
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firmly cast on him and immovable.
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24. His heart is hard as a stone,
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hard as the lower millstone.
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25. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
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at the crashing they are beside themselves.
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26. Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
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nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
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27. He counts iron as straw,
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and bronze as rotten wood.
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28. The arrow cannot make him flee;
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for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
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29. Clubs are counted as stubble;
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he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
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30. His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
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he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
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31. He makes the deep boil like a pot;
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he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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32. Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
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one would think the deep to be white-haired.
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33. On earth there is not his like,
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a creature without fear.
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34. He sees everything that is high;
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he is king over all the sons of pride."
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