The Book of Job

Chapter-41

Job 41:1 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

 

Job 41:2 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

 

Job 41:3 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

 

Job 41:4 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

 

Job 41:5 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.

 

Job 41:6 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

 

Job 41:7 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

 

Job 41:8 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

 

Job 41:9 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

 

Job 41:10 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

 

Job 41:11 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

 

Job 41:12 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

 

Job 41:13 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

 

Job 41:14 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.

 

Job 41:15 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

 

Job 41:16 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.

 

Job 41:17 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

 

Job 41:18 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

 

Job 41:19 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

 

Job 41:20 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

 

Job 41:21 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.

 

Job 41:22 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

 

Job 41:23 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

 

Job 41:24 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

 

Job 41:25 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.