Verse 16
Job 41:16
Bible in Basic English
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One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לִ֭בּ/וֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ אָ֑בֶן וְ֝/יָצ֗וּק כְּ/פֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית
English Translation
His heart will be hardened like a stone, and it will be hardened like a piece of rock beneath.
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Chapter 41 Context
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Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the...
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Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?
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Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
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Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?
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Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?
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Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?
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Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?
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Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!
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Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!
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He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
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Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!
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I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame...
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Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?
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Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.
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His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.
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One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.
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They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.
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His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.
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Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
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Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
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His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
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Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.
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The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.
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His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.
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When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.
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The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp...
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Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.
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The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.
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A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
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Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the...
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The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.
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After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.
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On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.
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Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.
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