Job 41 - Easy To Read Version

¹ “Job, can you catch Leviathan {\cf2\super [99]} with a fishhook?\par Can you tie his tongue with a rope?\par

² Can you put a rope through his nose,\par or a hook through his jaw?\par

³ Will Leviathan beg you to let him go free?\par Will he speak to you with gentle words?\par

⁴ Will Leviathan\par make an agreement with you\par and promise to serve you forever?\par

⁵ Will you play with Leviathan\par like you would play with a bird?\par Will you put a rope on him\par so your servant girls can play with him?\par

⁶ Will fishermen try to buy\par Leviathan from you?\par Will they cut him in pieces\par and sell him to the merchants? {\cf2\super [100]} \par

⁷ Can you throw spears\par into Leviathan’s skin or head?\par

⁸ “Job, if you ever lay a hand on Leviathan,\par you will never do it again!\par Just think about the battle that would be!\par

⁹ Do you think you can defeat Leviathan?\par Well, forget it!\par There is no hope!\par Just looking at him will scare you!\par

¹⁰ No person is brave enough\par to wake him up and make him angry.\par

¹¹ I (God) owe no person anything.\par Everything under heaven belongs to me. {\cf2\super [102]} \par

¹² “Job, I will tell you about Leviathan’s legs,\par his strength and graceful shape.\par

¹³ No person can pierce his skin.\par His skin is like armor! {\cf2\super [103]} \par

¹⁴ No person can force Leviathan\par to open his jaws.\par The teeth in his mouth scare people.\par

¹⁵ Leviathan’s back has\par rows of shields tightly sealed together.\par

¹⁶ The shields are so close to each other\par that no air can pass between them.\par

¹⁷ The shields are joined to each other.\par They hold together so tightly\par that they can’t be pulled apart.\par

¹⁸ When Leviathan sneezes,\par it is like lightning flashing out.\par His eyes shine like the light of dawn.\par

¹⁹ Burning torches come out from his mouth.\par Sparks of fire shoot out.\par

²⁰ Smoke pours from Leviathan’s nose\par like burning weeds under a boiling pot.\par

²¹ Leviathan’s breath\par makes coals burn,\par and flames shoot from his mouth.\par

²² Leviathan’s neck is very powerful,\par People are afraid and run away from him.\par

²³ There is no soft spot in his skin.\par It is hard like iron.\par

²⁴ Leviathan’s heart is like a rock,\par he has no fear.\par It is hard like a lower millstone. {\cf2\super [104]} \par

²⁵ When Leviathan gets up,\par strong people are afraid.\par They run away\par when Leviathan swings his tail.\par

²⁶ Swords, spears, and darts hit Leviathan,\par but they only bounce off.\par Those weapons don’t hurt him at all!\par

²⁷ Leviathan breaks iron as easily as straw.\par He breaks bronze like rotten wood.\par

²⁸ Arrows don’t make Leviathan run away.\par Rocks bounce off of him like straw.\par

²⁹ When a wood club hits Leviathan,\par it feels like a piece of straw to him.\par He laughs when men throw spears at him.\par

³⁰ The skin on Leviathan’s belly\par is like sharp pieces of broken pottery.\par He leaves tracks in the mud\par like a threshing board. {\cf2\super [105]} \par

³¹ Leviathan stirs up the water\par like a boiling pot.\par He makes it bubble like\par a pot of boiling oil.\par

³² When Leviathan swims,\par he leaves a path behind himself.\par He stirs up the water,\par and leaves white foam behind him.\par

³³ No animal on earth is like Leviathan.\par He is an animal made without fear.\par

³⁴ Leviathan looks down\par on the proudest animals.\par He is king over all the wild animals.\par