Verse 22
Job 41:22
English Revised Version
22
In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּ֭חְתָּי/ו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי טִֽיט
English Translation
The sharpness of the copper will be smoothed on the clay.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 41 Context
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
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Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
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Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
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Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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Shall the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
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Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?
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Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion.
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Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle?
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Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror.
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His strong scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
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They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
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His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
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Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and burning rushes.
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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
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In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him.
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
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When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: by reason of consternation they are beside themse...
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If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
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He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
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His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire.
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment.
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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
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Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear.
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He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride.
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