Job 41:1-34 ICB

[1] "Can you catch Leviathan on a fishhook? Or can you tie his tongue down with a rope? [2] Can you put a cord through his nose or put a hook in his jaw? [3] Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words? [4] Will he make an agreement with you? Will he let you take him as your slave for life? [5] Can you make a pet of Leviathan as you would a bird? Or can you put him on a leash for your girls? [6] Will traders try to bargain with you for him? Will they divide him up among the traders? [7] Can you stick him with darts until his skin is full of them? Or can you fill his head with fishing spears? [8] If you put one hand on him, you will never forget the battle. And you will never do it again! [9] There is no hope of defeating him. Just seeing him overwhelms people. [10] No one is brave enough to make him angry. So who would be able to stand up against me? [11] No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back. Everything under heaven belongs to me. [12] "I can silence his bragging. I can silence his brave words and powerful arguments. [13] No one can tear off his outer hide. No one can poke through his double armor. [14] No one can force open his great jaws. There are frightening teeth all around his jaws. [15] He has rows of shields on his back. They are tightly sealed together. [16] Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go between them. [17] They are joined strongly to one another. They hold on to each other and cannot be broken apart. [18] When he snorts, flashes of light are thrown out. His eyes look like the light at dawn. [19] Flames blaze from his mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out. [20] Smoke pours out of his nose as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire. [21] His breath sets coals on fire. And flames come out of his mouth. [22] There is great strength in his neck. People are afraid and run away from him. [23] The folds of his skin are tightly joined. They are set and cannot be moved. [24] His chest is as hard as a rock. It is as hard as a stone used to grind grain. [25] Powerful creatures fear his terrible looks. They draw back in fear as he moves. [26] The sword that hits him does not hurt him. The darts and spears, small and large, do not hurt him. [27] He treats iron as if it were straw. And he treats bronze metal as if it were rotten wood. [28] He does not run away from arrows. Stones from slings are like chaff to him. [29] Clubs feel like pieces of straw to him. And he laughs when they shake a spear at him. [30] The underside of his body is like broken pieces of pottery. It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board. [31] He makes the deep sea bubble like a boiling pot. And he stirs up the sea like a pot of oil. [32] When he swims, he leaves a shining path in the water. It makes the sea look as if it had white hair. [33] Nothing else on earth is equal to him. He is a creature without fear. [34] He looks down on all those who are too proud. He is king over all proud creatures."