New American Standard Bible

Job 41:1-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1. "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2. "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3. "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?

4. "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?

5. "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

6. "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7. "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8. "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

9. "Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?