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1. "Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook? Can you tie his tongue with a rope?
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1. Canst thou draw out H4900 leviathan H3882 with a hook H2443 ? or his tongue H3956 with a cord H2256 which thou lettest down H8257 ?
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2. Can you put a rope through his nose or a hook through his jaw?
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2. Canst thou put H7760 a hook H100 into his nose H639 ? or bore H5344 his jaw H3895 through with a thorn H2336 ?
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3. Will he beg you to let him go free? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
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3. Will he make many H7235 supplications H8469 unto H413 thee? will he speak H1696 soft H7390 words unto H413 thee?
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4. Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever?
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4. Will he make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 thee? wilt thou take H3947 him for a servant H5650 forever H5769 ?
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5. Will you play with Leviathan as you would play with a bird? Will you put a rope on him so that your girls can play with him?
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5. Wilt thou play H7832 with him as with a bird H6833 ? or wilt thou bind H7194 him for thy maidens H5291 ?
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6. Will fishermen try to buy him from you? Will they cut him into pieces and sell him to the merchants?
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6. Shall the companions H2271 make a banquet H3738 of H5921 him? shall they part H2673 him among H996 the merchants H3669 ?
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7. Can you throw spears into his skin or head?
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7. Canst thou fill H4390 his skin H5785 with barbed irons H7905 ? or his head H7218 with fish H1709 spears H6767 ?
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8. "If you ever lay a hand on Leviathan, you will never do it again! Just think about the battle that would be!
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8. Lay H7760 thine hand H3709 upon H5921 him, remember H2142 the battle H4421 , do no H408 more H3254 .
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9. Do you think you can defeat him? Well, forget it! There is no hope. Just looking at him will scare you!
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9. Behold H2005 , the hope H8431 of him is in vain H3576 : shall not one be cast down H2904 even H1571 at H413 the sight H4758 of him?
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10. No one is brave enough to wake him up and make him angry. "Well, no one can challenge me either!
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10. None H3808 is so fierce H393 that H3588 dare stir him up H5782 : who H4310 then is able to stand H3320 before H6440 me?
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11. I owe nothing to anyone. Everything under heaven belongs to me.
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11. Who H4310 hath prevented H6923 me , that I should repay H7999 him? whatsoever is under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 is mine.
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12. "I will tell you about Leviathan's legs, his strength, and his graceful shape.
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12. I will not H3808 conceal H2790 his parts H905 , nor H1697 his power H1369 , nor his comely H2433 proportion H6187 .
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13. No one can pierce his skin. It is like armor!
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13. Who H4310 can discover H1540 the face H6440 of his garment H3830 ? or who H4310 can come H935 to him with his double H3718 bridle H7448 ?
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14. No one can force him to open his jaws. The teeth in his mouth scare people.
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14. Who H4310 can open H6605 the doors H1817 of his face H6440 ? his teeth H8127 are terrible H367 round about H5439 .
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15. His back has rows of shields tightly sealed together.
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15. His scales H650 H4043 are his pride H1346 , shut up together H5462 as with a close H6862 seal H2368 .
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16. They are so close to each other that no air can pass between them.
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16. One H259 is so near H5066 to another H259 , that no H3808 air H7307 can come H935 between H996 them.
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17. The shields are joined to each other. They hold together so tightly that they cannot be pulled apart.
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17. They are joined H1692 one H376 to another H251 , they stick together H3920 , that they cannot H3808 be sundered H6504 .
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18. When Leviathan sneezes, it is like lightning flashing out. His eyes shine like the light of dawn.
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18. By his sneezes H5846 a light H216 doth shine H1984 , and his eyes H5869 are like the eyelids H6079 of the morning H7837 .
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19. Burning torches come from his mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out.
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19. Out of his mouth H4480 H6310 go H1980 burning lamps H3940 , and sparks H3590 of fire H784 leap out H4422 .
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20. Smoke pours from his nose like burning weeds under a boiling pot.
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20. Out of his nostrils H4480 H5156 goeth H3318 smoke H6227 , as out of a seething H5301 pot H1731 or caldron H100 .
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21. His breath sets coals on fire, and flames shoot from his mouth.
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21. His breath H5315 kindleth H3857 coals H1513 , and a flame H3851 goeth out H3318 of his mouth H4480 H6310 .
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22. His neck is very powerful. People are afraid and run away from him.
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22. In his neck H6677 remaineth H3885 strength H5797 , and sorrow H1670 is turned into joy H1750 before H6440 him.
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23. There is no soft spot in his skin. It is as hard as iron.
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23. The flakes H4651 of his flesh H1320 are joined together H1692 : they are firm H3332 in H5921 themselves ; they cannot H1077 be moved H4131 .
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24. His heart is like a rock; he has no fear. It is as hard as a lower millstone.
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24. His heart H3820 is as firm H3332 as H3644 a stone H68 ; yea , as hard H3332 as a piece H6400 of the nether H8482 millstone .
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25. When he gets up, even the strongest people are afraid. They run away when he swings his tail.
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25. When he raiseth up H4480 H7613 himself , the mighty H410 are afraid H1481 : by reason of breakings H4480 H7667 they purify themselves H2398 .
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26. Swords, spears, and darts only bounce off when they hit him. These weapons don't hurt him at all!
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26. The sword H2719 of him that layeth H5381 at him cannot H1097 hold H6965 : the spear H2595 , the dart H4551 , nor the habergeon H8302 .
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27. He breaks iron as easily as straw. He breaks bronze like rotten wood.
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27. He esteemeth H2803 iron H1270 as straw H8401 , and brass H5154 as rotten H7539 wood H6086 .
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28. Arrows don't make him run away. Rocks thrown at him seem as light as chaff.
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28. The arrow H1121 H7198 cannot H3808 make him flee H1272 : slingstones H68 H7050 are turned H2015 with him into stubble H7179 .
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29. When a wood club hits him, it feels to him like a piece of straw. He laughs when anyone throws a spear at him.
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29. Darts H8455 are counted H2803 as stubble H7179 : he laugheth H7832 at the shaking H7494 of a spear H3591 .
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30. The skin on his belly is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. He leaves tracks in the mud like a threshing board.
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30. Sharp H2303 stones H2789 are under H8478 him : he spreadeth H7502 sharp pointed things H2742 upon H5921 the mire H2916 .
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31. He stirs up the water like a boiling pot. He makes it bubble like a pot of boiling oil.
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31. He maketh the deep H4688 to boil H7570 like a pot H5518 : he maketh H7760 the sea H3220 like a pot of ointment H4841 .
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32. When he swims, he leaves a sparkling path behind him. He stirs up the water and makes it white with foam.
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32. He maketh a path H5410 to shine H215 after H310 him; one would think H2803 the deep H8415 to be hoary H7872 .
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33. No animal on earth is like him. He is an animal made without fear.
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33. Upon H5921 earth H6083 there is not H369 his like H4915 , who is made H6213 without H1097 fear H2844 .
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34. He looks down on the proudest of creatures. He is king over all the wild animals."
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34. He beholdeth H7200 H853 all H3605 high H1364 things : he H1931 is a king H4428 over H5921 all H3605 the children H1121 of pride H7830 .
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