American Standard Version

Job 41:4-19 American Standard Version (ASV)

4. Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

5. Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

6. Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

7. Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

8. Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

9. Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

10. None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

11. Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12. I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

13. Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

14. Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

15. His strong scales 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, so that they cannot be sundered.

18. His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19. Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.