Bible verses about "leviathan" | EJ2000

¹⁰ No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

¹ ¶ Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said, ² Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this. ³ Then Job answered the LORD and said, ⁴ Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth. ⁵ Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further. ⁶ ¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, ⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me. ⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified? ⁹ Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. ¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down. ¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ¹³ Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness. ¹⁴ Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. ¹⁵ ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox. ¹⁶ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ¹⁸ His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him. ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ²¹ He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places. ²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. ²³ Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth. ²⁴ His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.

¹⁵ ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox. ¹⁶ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ¹⁸ His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him. ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ²¹ He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places. ²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. ²³ Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth. ²⁴ His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.

¹⁵ ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox.

¹ ¶ Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said, ² Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? Let him that disputes with God answer this. ³ Then Job answered the LORD and said, ⁴ Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand over my mouth. ⁵ Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; even twice, but I will proceed no further. ⁶ ¶ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, ⁷ Gird up thy loins now like a man; I will ask thee, and explain thou unto me. ⁸ Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified? ⁹ Hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him? ¹⁰ Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. ¹¹ Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and behold every one that is proud and bring him down. ¹² Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ¹³ Hide them in the dust together; and blindfold their faces in darkness. ¹⁴ Then I will also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. ¹⁵ ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eats grass as an ox. ¹⁶ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹⁷ He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. ¹⁸ His bones are as strong as brass; his members are like bars of iron. ¹⁹ He is the beginning of the ways of God; he that made him shall make his sword draw near unto him. ²⁰ Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. ²¹ He shall lie down under the shade, in the covert of the reeds and of the damp places. ²² The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. ²³ Behold, he shall drink up a river and not change; he trusts that he can draw up the Jordan into his mouth. ²⁴ His maker shall take him by the weakness of his eyes in a snare, and pierce through his nose.

¹ ¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue? ² Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn? ³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? ⁷ Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear? ⁸ Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more. ⁹ Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint. ¹⁰ No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me? ¹¹ ¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine. ¹² I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order. ¹³ Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle? ¹⁴ Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible. ¹⁵ His scales {Heb. shields} are his 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 one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated. ¹⁸ By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. ¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. ²⁰ Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. ²¹ His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. ²² In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone. ²³ The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move. ²⁴ His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone. ²⁵ Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves. ²⁶ When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him. ²⁷ He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. ²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble. ²⁹ He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear. ³⁰ Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire. ³¹ He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. ³² He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. ³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear. ³⁴ He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.

¹ ¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

⁸ Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

¹⁴ Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

²⁶ There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein.

¹ ¶ In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall visit punishment upon leviathan the fleeing serpent, and upon leviathan that serpent of double vision; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

¹ ¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue? ² Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn? ³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever? ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants? ⁷ Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear? ⁸ Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more. ⁹ Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint. ¹⁰ No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me? ¹¹ ¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine. ¹² I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order. ¹³ Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle? ¹⁴ Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible. ¹⁵ His scales {Heb. shields} are his 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 one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated. ¹⁸ By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. ¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. ²⁰ Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. ²¹ His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. ²² In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone. ²³ The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move. ²⁴ His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone. ²⁵ Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves. ²⁶ When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him. ²⁷ He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. ²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble. ²⁹ He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear. ³⁰ Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire. ³¹ He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. ³² He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. ³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear. ³⁴ He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.