{"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/erv/job/41","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:22:28.266Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Shall the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"His strong scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"One is so near to another, that no air can come between them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and burning rushes."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: by reason of consternation they are beside themselves."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"He counteth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"His underparts are like sharp potsherds: he spreadeth as it were a threshing wain upon the mire."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 41 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 41](https://primebible.com/erv/job/41)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/41 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}