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On Leviathan

41 [a]“Can you draw Leviathan[b] out of the water[c] with a hook,
    or tie down[d] his tongue with a rope?
Can you attach a bridle[e] to his snout,
    or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will he make many supplications to you,
    or will he beg you for mercy?[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 41:1 This v. is 40:25 in MT, v2 is 40:26 in MT, and so through v8.
  2. Job 41:1 I.e. an ancient, gigantic sea creature, living in Job’s time but now apparently extinct
  3. Job 41:1 The Heb. lacks of the water
  4. Job 41:1 Lit. or sink
  5. Job 41:2 Lit. rope
  6. Job 41:3 Lit. you with gentle words