454That is, the crocodile
41: 2 Canst thou put 455a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a 456hook?
455Hb. a rope of rushes into his nose
456Or, spike
41: 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?
41: 4 Will he make a covenant with thee. That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
41: 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
41: 6 Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
41: 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
41: 8 Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
41: 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
41: 10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
41: 11 Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
41: 12 I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
41: 13 Who can 457strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
457Hb. uncover the faces of his garment
41: 14 Who can open the doors of his face? 458Round about his teeth is terror.
458Or, His teeth are terrible round about.
41: 15 His 459strong scales are his pride, Shut up together as with a close seal.
459Or, courses of scales Hb. channels of shields
41: 16 One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
41: 17 They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.
41: 18 His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
41: 19 Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.
41: 20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
41: 21 His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
41: 22 In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.
41: 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
41: 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; Yes, firm as the nether millstone.
41: 25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
41: 26 If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the 460pointed shaft.
460Or, coat of mail.
41: 27 He counteth iron as straw, And copper as rotten wood.
41: 28 The 461arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
461Hb. son of the bow cannot make him flee:
41: 29 Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
41: 30 His underparts are like sharp potsherds: 462He spreadeth as it were a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
462Lamsa (Aramaic) reads, he is at home in the deep as if he were on the dry land.
41: 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
41: 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.
41: 33 Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.
41: 34 He beholdeth every thing that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.
