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1. Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said of him? - Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?
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1. Canst thou draw out H4900 leviathan H3882 with a hook H2443 ? or his tongue H3956 with a cord H2256 which thou lettest down H8257 ?
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2. Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole world under heaven is mine?
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2. Canst thou put H7760 a hook H100 into his nose H639 ? or bore H5344 his jaw H3895 through with a thorn H2336 ?
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3. I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power one shall pity his Gr. equal antagonist.
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3. Will he make many H7235 supplications H8469 unto H413 thee? will he speak H1696 soft H7390 words unto H413 thee?
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4. Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?
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4. Will he make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 thee? wilt thou take H3947 him for a servant H5650 forever H5769 ?
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5. Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.
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5. Wilt thou play H7832 with him as with a bird H6833 ? or wilt thou bind H7194 him for thy maidens H5291 ?
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6. His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his skin as a smyrite stone.
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6. Shall the companions H2271 make a banquet H3738 of H5921 him? shall they part H2673 him among H996 the merchants H3669 ?
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7. One part cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them.
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7. Canst thou fill H4390 his skin H5785 with barbed irons H7905 ? or his head H7218 with fish H1709 spears H6767 ?
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8. They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.
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8. Lay H7760 thine hand H3709 upon H5921 him, remember H2142 the battle H4421 , do no H408 more H3254 .
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9. At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.
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9. Behold H2005 , the hope H8431 of him is in vain H3576 : shall not one be cast down H2904 even H1571 at H413 the sight H4758 of him?
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10. Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.
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10. None H3808 is so fierce H393 that H3588 dare stir him up H5782 : who H4310 then is able to stand H3320 before H6440 me?
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11. Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.
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11. Who H4310 hath prevented H6923 me , that I should repay H7999 him? whatsoever is under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 is mine.
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12. His Gr. soul breath is as live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
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12. I will not H3808 conceal H2790 his parts H905 , nor H1697 his power H1369 , nor his comely H2433 proportion H6187 .
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13. And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
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13. Who H4310 can discover H1540 the face H6440 of his garment H3830 ? or who H4310 can come H935 to him with his double H3718 bridle H7448 ?
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14. The flesh also of his body is joined together: if one pours violence upon him, he shall not be moved.
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14. Who H4310 can open H6605 the doors H1817 of his face H6440 ? his teeth H8127 are terrible H367 round about H5439 .
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15. His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.
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15. His scales H650 H4043 are his pride H1346 , shut up together H5462 as with a close H6862 seal H2368 .
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16. And when he turns, he is a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.
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16. One H259 is so near H5066 to another H259 , that no H3808 air H7307 can come H935 between H996 them.
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17. If spears should come against him, men will effect nothing, either with the spear or the breast-plate.
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17. They are joined H1692 one H376 to another H251 , they stick together H3920 , that they cannot H3808 be sundered H6504 .
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18. For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
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18. By his sneezes H5846 a light H216 doth shine H1984 , and his eyes H5869 are like the eyelids H6079 of the morning H7837 .
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19. The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.
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19. Out of his mouth H4480 H6310 go H1980 burning lamps H3940 , and sparks H3590 of fire H784 leap out H4422 .
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20. Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
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20. Out of his nostrils H4480 H5156 goeth H3318 smoke H6227 , as out of a seething H5301 pot H1731 or caldron H100 .
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21. His lair is formed of sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense quantity of clay.
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21. His breath H5315 kindleth H3857 coals H1513 , and a flame H3851 goeth out H3318 of his mouth H4480 H6310 .
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22. He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
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22. In his neck H6677 remaineth H3885 strength H5797 , and sorrow H1670 is turned into joy H1750 before H6440 him.
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23. and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as his range.
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23. The flakes H4651 of his flesh H1320 are joined together H1692 : they are firm H3332 in H5921 themselves ; they cannot H1077 be moved H4131 .
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24. There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be Or, mocked sported with by my angels.
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24. His heart H3820 is as firm H3332 as H3644 a stone H68 ; yea , as hard H3332 as a piece H6400 of the nether H8482 millstone .
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25. He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.
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25. When he raiseth up H4480 H7613 himself , the mighty H410 are afraid H1481 : by reason of breakings H4480 H7667 they purify themselves H2398 .
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