Job 7:12 Cross References - Darby

¹² Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

¹⁷ What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

⁶ Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone, ⁷ When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? ⁸ And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb? ⁹ When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it; ¹⁰ When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors, ¹¹ And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

¹ Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord? ² Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike? ³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants? ⁷ Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears? ⁸ Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, -- do no more! ⁹ Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him? ¹⁰ None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me? ¹¹ Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine. ¹² I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure. ¹³ Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws? ¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. ¹⁵ The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal. ¹⁶ One is so near to another that no air can come between them; ¹⁷ They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered. ¹⁸ His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. ¹⁹ Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out: ²⁰ Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron. ²¹ His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. ²² In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him. ²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved. ²⁴ His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone]. ²⁵ When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation. ²⁶ If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon. ²⁷ He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. ²⁸ The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. ²⁹ Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. ³⁰ His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. ³¹ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; ³² He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary. ³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. ³⁴ He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

⁷ He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

² Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. ³ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.