# Job 41 ## Job 41:1 - [KJV] Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord *which* thou lettest down? - [ASV] Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? - [YLT] Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue? ### Notes on Job 41:1 - ## Job 41:2 - [KJV] Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? - [ASV] Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? - [YLT] Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw? ### Notes on Job 41:2 - ## Job 41:3 - [KJV] Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft *words* unto thee? - [ASV] Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee? - [YLT] Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things? ### Notes on Job 41:3 - ## Job 41:4 - [KJV] Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? - [ASV] Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? - [YLT] Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? ### Notes on Job 41:4 - ## Job 41:5 - [KJV] Wilt thou play with him as *with* a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? - [ASV] Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? - [YLT] Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels? ### Notes on Job 41:5 - ## Job 41:6 - [KJV] Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? - [ASV] Will the bands *of fishermen* make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants? - [YLT] (Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!) ### Notes on Job 41:6 - ## Job 41:7 - [KJV] Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? - [ASV] Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears? - [YLT] Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head? ### Notes on Job 41:7 - ## Job 41:8 - [KJV] Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. - [ASV] Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more. - [YLT] Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add! ### Notes on Job 41:8 - ## Job 41:9 - [KJV] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not *one* be cast down even at the sight of him? - [ASV] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him? - [YLT] Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down? ### Notes on Job 41:9 - ## Job 41:10 - [KJV] None *is so* fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? - [ASV] None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me? - [YLT] None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who *is* he before Me stationeth himself? ### Notes on Job 41:10 - ## Job 41:11 - [KJV] Who hath prevented me, that I should repay *him? whatsoever is* under the whole heaven is mine. - [ASV] Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? *Whatsoever is* under the whole heaven is mine. - [YLT] Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it *is* mine. ### Notes on Job 41:11 - ## Job 41:12 - [KJV] I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. - [ASV] I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. - [YLT] I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement. ### Notes on Job 41:12 - ## Job 41:13 - [KJV] Who can discover the face of his garment? *or* who can come *to him* with his double bridle? - [ASV] Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws? - [YLT] Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter? ### Notes on Job 41:13 - ## Job 41:14 - [KJV] Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth *are* terrible round about. - [ASV] Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. - [YLT] The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth *are* terrible. ### Notes on Job 41:14 - ## Job 41:15 - [KJV] *His* scales *are his* pride, shut up together *as with* a close seal. - [ASV] *His* strong scales are *his* pride, Shut up together *as with* a close seal. - [YLT] A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal. ### Notes on Job 41:15 - ## Job 41:16 - [KJV] One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. - [ASV] One is so near to another, That no air can come between them. - [YLT] One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them. ### Notes on Job 41:16 - ## Job 41:17 - [KJV] They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. - [ASV] They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered. - [YLT] One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated. ### Notes on Job 41:17 - ## Job 41:18 - [KJV] By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes *are* like the eyelids of the morning. - [ASV] His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. - [YLT] His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes *are* as the eyelids of the dawn. ### Notes on Job 41:18 - ## Job 41:19 - [KJV] Out of his mouth go burning lamps, *and* sparks of fire leap out. - [ASV] Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth. - [YLT] Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. ### Notes on Job 41:19 - ## Job 41:20 - [KJV] Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as *out* of a seething pot or caldron. - [ASV] Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and *burning* rushes. - [YLT] Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds. ### Notes on Job 41:20 - ## Job 41:21 - [KJV] His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. - [ASV] His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth. - [YLT] His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth. ### Notes on Job 41:21 - ## Job 41:22 - [KJV] In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. - [ASV] In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him. - [YLT] In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult. ### Notes on Job 41:22 - ## Job 41:23 - [KJV] The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. - [ASV] The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; They cannot be moved. - [YLT] The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved. ### Notes on Job 41:23 - ## Job 41:24 - [KJV] His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether *millstone*. - [ASV] His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone. - [YLT] His heart *is* firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece. ### Notes on Job 41:24 - ## Job 41:25 - [KJV] When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. - [ASV] When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves. - [YLT] From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free. ### Notes on Job 41:25 - ## Job 41:26 - [KJV] The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. - [ASV] If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. - [YLT] The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance. ### Notes on Job 41:26 - ## Job 41:27 - [KJV] He esteemeth iron as straw, *and* brass as rotten wood. - [ASV] He counteth iron as straw, *And* brass as rotten wood. - [YLT] He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood. ### Notes on Job 41:27 - ## Job 41:28 - [KJV] The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. - [ASV] The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. - [YLT] The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling. ### Notes on Job 41:28 - ## Job 41:29 - [KJV] Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. - [ASV] Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin. - [YLT] As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. ### Notes on Job 41:29 - ## Job 41:30 - [KJV] Sharp stones *are* under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. - [ASV] His underparts are *like* sharp potsherds: He spreadeth *as it were* a threshing-wain upon the mire. - [YLT] Under him *are* sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire. ### Notes on Job 41:30 - ## Job 41:31 - [KJV] He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. - [ASV] He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. - [YLT] He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment. ### Notes on Job 41:31 - ## Job 41:32 - [KJV] He maketh a path to shine after him; *one* would think the deep *to be* hoary. - [ASV] He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary. - [YLT] After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary. ### Notes on Job 41:32 - ## Job 41:33 - [KJV] Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. - [ASV] Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear. - [YLT] There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror. ### Notes on Job 41:33 - ## Job 41:34 - [KJV] He beholdeth all high *things*: he *is* a king over all the children of pride. - [ASV] He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride. - [YLT] Every high thing he doth see, He *is* king over all sons of pride. ### Notes on Job 41:34 -