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1. "Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod and stuff him in your creel?
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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 lasso him with a rope, or snag him with an anchor?
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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 over and over for mercy, or flatter you with flowery speech?
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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 apply for a job with you to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?
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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 him as if he were a pet goldfish? Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?
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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 you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price?
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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. Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge 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 so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.
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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. What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in!
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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. If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?
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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. Who could confront me and get by with it? I'm in charge of all this--I run this universe!
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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. "But I've more to say about Leviathan, the sea beast, his enormous bulk, his beautiful 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. Who would even dream of piercing that tough skin or putting those jaws into bit and bridle?
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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. And who would dare knock at the door of his mouth filled with row upon row of fierce teeth?
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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 pride is invincible; nothing can make a dent in that pride.
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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. Nothing can get through that proud skin-- impervious to weapons and weather,
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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 thickest and toughest of hides, impenetrable!
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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. "He snorts and the world lights up with fire, he blinks and the dawn breaks.
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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. Comets pour out of his mouth, fireworks arc and branch.
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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 erupts from his nostrils like steam from 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. He blows and fires blaze; flames of fire stream 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. All muscle he is--sheer and seamless muscle. To meet him is to dance with death.
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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. Sinewy and lithe, there's not a soft spot in his entire body--
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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. As tough inside as out, rock-hard, invulnerable.
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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. Even angels run for cover when he surfaces, cowering before his tail-thrashing turbulence.
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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. Javelins bounce harmlessly off his hide, harpoons ricochet wildly.
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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. Iron bars are so much straw to him, bronze weapons beneath notice.
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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 even make him blink; bullets make no more impression than raindrops.
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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. A battle ax is nothing but a splinter of kindling; he treats a brandished harpoon as a joke.
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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. His belly is armor-plated, inexorable-- unstoppable as a barge.
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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 roils deep ocean the way you'd boil water, he whips the sea like you'd whip an egg into batter.
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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. With a luminous trail stretching out behind him, you might think Ocean had grown a gray beard!
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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. There's nothing on this earth quite like him, not an ounce of fear in that creature!
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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 surveys all the high and mighty-- king of the ocean, king of the deep!"
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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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