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Job 41

God's Power Shown in Creatures

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1Can you drawh4900 out  2 aLeviathanh3882 with a fishhookh2443? Or pressh8257 downh8257 his tongueh3956 with a cordh2256a?

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"Can you  aputh7760 a  1ropeh100 in his noseh639 Or pierceh5344a his jawh3895 with a  2hookh2336?

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"Will he makeh7235a manyh7235a supplicationsh8469 to you, Orh518 will he speakh1696 to you softh7390 wordsh1697?

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"Will he makeh3772 a covenanth1285 with you? Will you takeh3947 him for a servanth5650 foreverh5769?

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"Will you playh7832 with him as with a birdh6833, Or will you bindh7194 him for your maidensh5291?

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"Will the  1tradersh2271 bargainh3739 overh5921 him? Will they divideh2673 him amongh996 the merchantsh3669b?

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"Can you fillh4390 his skinh5785 with harpoonsh7905, Or his headh7218 with fishingh1709 spearsh6767b?

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"Layh7760 your handh3709 on him; Rememberh2142 the battleh4421;  1you will not doh3254 it againh3254!

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1Beholdh2005,  2your expectationh8431 is falseh3576; Will  3you be laidh2904 lowh2904 evenh1571 at the sighth4758 of him?

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"Noh3808 one is so fierceh393 that he dares to  aarouseh5782 him; Whoh4310 then is he that can standh3320 beforeh6440 Me?

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"Whoh4310 has  1 agivenh6923 to Me that I should repayh7999a him? Whatever is  bunderh8478 the wholeh3605 heavenh8064 is Mine.

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"I will not keeph2790b silenceh2790b concerning his limbsh905, Or his mightyh1369 strengthh1369, or his  1orderlyh2433 frameh6187.

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"Whoh4310 can  1striph1540 offh1540 his outerh6440 armorh3830? Whoh4310 can comeh935 within his doubleh3718  2mailh7448?

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"Whoh4310 can openh6605a the doorsh1817 of his faceh6440? Aroundh5439 his teethh8127 there is terrorh367.

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"His  1strongh4651 scalesh4043 are his prideh1346, Shuth5462 up as with a tighth6862a sealh2368.

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"Oneh259 is so nearh5066 to anotherh259 That noh3808 airh7307 can comeh935 betweenh996 them.

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"They are joinedh1692 oneh376 to anotherh251; They clasph3920 eachh376 other and cannoth3808 be separatedh6504.

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"His sneezesh5846 flashh1984a forthh1984a lighth216, And his eyesh5869 are like the  aeyelidsh6079 of the morningh7837.

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"Out of his mouthh6310 goh1980 burningh3940 torchesh3940; Sparksh3590 of fireh784 leaph4422 forthh4422.

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"Out of his nostrilsh5156 smokeh6227 goesh3318 forthh3318 As from a boilingh5301 poth1731 and burning rushesh100.

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"His breathh5315 kindlesh3857 coalsh1513, And a flameh3851 goesh3318 forthh3318 from his mouthh6310.

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"In his neckh6677 lodgesh3885a strengthh5797, And dismayh1670 leapsh1750 beforeh6440 him.

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"The foldsh4651 of his fleshh1320 are joinedh1692 togetherh1692, Firmh3332 on him and immovableh1077h4131.

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"His hearth3820 is as hardh3332 as a stoneh68, Even as hardh3332 as a lowerh8482 millstoneh6400.

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"Whenh4480 he raisesh7613 himself up, the  1mightyh410 fearh1481c; Becauseh4480 of the crashingh7667 they are bewilderedh2398.

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"The swordh2719 that reachesh5381 him cannoth1097 availh6965, Norh1097 the spearh2595, the darth4551b or the javelinh8301b.

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"He regardsh2803 ironh1270 as strawh8401, Bronzeh5154 as rottenh7539 woodh6086.

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"The  1arrowh1121 cannoth3808 make him fleeh1272; Slingstonesh7050ah68 are turnedh2015 into stubbleh7179 for him.

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"Clubsh8455 are regardedh2803 as stubbleh7179; He laughsh7832 at the rattlingh7494 of the javelinh3591.

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"His underpartsh8478 are like sharph2303 potsherdsh2789; He  1spreadsh7502 out like a threshingh2742a sledgeh2742a on the mireh2916.

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"He makes the depthsh4688 boilh7570 like a poth5518a; He makesh7760 the seah3220 like a jarh4841 of ointmenth4841.

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"Behindh310 him he makes a wakeh5410a to shineh215; One would thinkh2803 the deeph8415 to be gray-hairedh7872.

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aNothingh369 on  1earthh6083 is likeh4915b him, One madeh6213a withouth1097 fearh2844a.

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1He looksh7200 on everythingh3605 that is highh1364; He is kingh4428 overh5921 allh3605 the  asonsh1121 of prideh7830."



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