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Job 41

1'Have you not seen him? Have you not wondered at what has been said of him?

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2Do you not fear because I am prepared? Who then is able to stand against Me?

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3Who will stand against Me and endure, Since everything under heaven is Mine?

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4'I will not be silent because of him, Though because of his power, one shall pity his antagonist.

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5Who will remove his outer coat? Who may enter within the fold of his breastplate?

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6Who will open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

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7His entrails are as brazen plates, And the texture of his skin as a symrite stone.

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8One part clings to another So no air comes between them.

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9A man will be joined to his brother. They stick together and cannot be parted.

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10His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the appearance of the morning star.

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11Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.

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12Smoke goes out of his nostrils As from a boiling pot with fire of coals.

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13His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

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14Strength dwells in his neck, And destruction runs before him.

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15The muscles of his body are joined together. They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

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16His heart is as hard as stone, And it stands like an unyielding anvil.

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17When he turns, he is a terror To the four-footed wild animals which leap upon the earth.

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18Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear or javelin.

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19He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.

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20The arrow cannot wound him; The sling-stone becomes like grass to him.

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21Hammers are regarded as straw, And he laughs at the threat of javelins.

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22His bed is like sharp skewers, And all the gold of the sea under him Is like a great amount of clay.

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23He makes the deep boil like a brazen pot, And he regards the sea like a pot of ointment.

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24The lowest part of the deep is as a captive. He reckons the deep as his walking range.

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25On earth there is nothing like him, Who was made to be mocked at by My angels.

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26He beholds every high thing; He is king over all that are in the waters.'

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