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Canst thou draw out# leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord
which thou lettest down# ?
[leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind]
[which...: Heb. which thou drownest?]
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2
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Canst thou put# an hook into his nose? or bore# his jaw through with a thorn?
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3
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Will he make many# supplications unto thee? will he speak# soft
words unto thee?
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4
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Will he make# a covenant with thee? wilt thou take# him for a servant for ever?
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5
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Wilt thou play# with him as
with a bird? or wilt thou bind# him for thy maidens?
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6
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Shall the companions make a banquet# of him? shall they part# him among the merchants?
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7
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Canst thou fill# his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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8
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Lay# thine hand upon him, remember# the battle, do no more# .
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9
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain# : shall not
one be cast down# even at the sight of him?
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10
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None
is so fierce that dare stir him up# # # # : who then is able to stand# before me?
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11
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Who hath prevented# me, that I should repay#
him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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12
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I will not conceal# his parts, nor his power# , nor his comely proportion.
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13
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Who can discover# the face of his garment?
or who can come#
to him with his double bridle?
[with: or, within]
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14
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Who can open# the doors of his face? his teeth
are terrible round about.
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15
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His scales#
are his pride, shut up together#
as with a close seal.
[scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields]
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16
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One is so near# to another, that no air can come# between them.
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17
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They are joined# one to another, they stick together# , that they cannot be sundered# .
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18
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By his neesings a light doth shine# , and his eyes
are like the eyelids of the morning.
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19
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Out of his mouth go# burning lamps,
and sparks of fire leap out# .
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20
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Out of his nostrils goeth# smoke, as
out of a seething# pot or caldron.
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21
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His breath kindleth# coals, and a flame goeth out# of his mouth.
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22
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In his neck remaineth# strength, and sorrow is turned into joy# before him.
[is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth]
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23
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together# : they are firm# in themselves; they cannot be moved# .
[flakes: Heb. fallings]
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24
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His heart is as firm# as a stone; yea, as hard# as a piece of the nether
millstone .
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25
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When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid# : by reason of breakings they purify# themselves.
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26
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The sword of him that layeth# at him cannot hold# : the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
[habergeon: or, breastplate]
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27
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He esteemeth# iron as straw,
and brass as rotten wood.
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28
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The arrow# cannot make him flee# : slingstones# are turned# with him into stubble.
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29
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Darts are counted# as stubble: he laugheth# at the shaking of a spear.
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30
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Sharp stones
are under him: he spreadeth# sharp pointed things upon the mire.
[Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd]
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31
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He maketh the deep to boil# like a pot: he maketh# the sea like a pot of ointment.
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32
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He maketh a path to shine# after him;
one would think# the deep
to be hoary.
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33
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Upon earth there is not his like, who is made# without fear.
[is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear]
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34
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He beholdeth# all high
things : he
is a king over all the children of pride.
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