International Children’s Bible

Job 41:16-34 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

16. Each shield is so close to the next onethat no air can go between them.

17. They are joined strongly to one another.They hold on to each other and cannot be broken apart.

18. When he snorts, flashes of light are thrown out.His eyes look like the light at dawn.

19. Flames blaze from his mouth.Sparks of fire shoot out.

20. Smoke pours out of his noseas if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.

21. His breath sets coals on fire.And flames come out of his mouth.

22. There is great strength in his neck.People are afraid and run away from him.

23. The folds of his skin are tightly joined.They are set and cannot be moved.

24. His chest is as hard as a rock.It is as hard as a stone used to grind grain.

25. Powerful creatures fear his terrible looks.They draw back in fear as he moves.

26. The sword that hits him does not hurt him.The darts and spears, small and large, do not hurt him.

27. He treats iron as if it were straw.And he treats bronze metal as if it were rotten wood.

28. He does not run away from arrows.Stones from slings are like chaff to him.

29. Clubs feel like pieces of straw to him.And he laughs when they shake a spear at him.

30. The underside of his body is like broken pieces of pottery.It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.

31. He makes the deep sea bubble like a boiling pot.And he stirs up the sea like a pot of oil.

32. When he swims, he leaves a shining path in the water.It makes the sea look as if it had white hair.

33. Nothing else on earth is equal to him.He is a creature without fear.

34. He looks down on all those who are too proud.He is king over all proud creatures.”