{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/job/41","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:25:44.519Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":41,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":40,"nextChapter":42,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord? "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle? "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee? "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids? "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him? "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Lay thy hand upon him : remember the battle, and speak no more. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel : for who can resist my countenance? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth? "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them : "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The members of his flesh cleave one to another : he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire. "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one. "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 41 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 41](https://primebible.com/drb/job/41)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/41 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}