Job 41
- 1Can you draw out leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which you let down?
- 2Can you put a hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
- 3Will he make many prayers for mercy to you? Will he speak soft words to you?
- 4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?
- 5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your servant girls?
- 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
- 7Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?
- 8Lay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more.
- 9The hope of him is in vain. Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
- 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
- 11Who has gone before me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
- 12I will not conceal his parts, or his power, or his beautiful proportion.
- 13Who can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle?
- 14Who can open the doors of his face? His teeth are fearsome around.
- 15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
- 16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
- 17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
- 18His sneezing flashes out light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- 19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
- 20Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or pot.
- 21His breath sets coals ablaze, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
- 22In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
- 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm in themselves. They cannot be moved.
- 24His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
- 25When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: they draw back in panic when he crashes about.
- 26The sword of him who lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, or the coat of armor.
- 27He values iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
- 28The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
- 29Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
- 30Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things on the mud.
- 31He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
- 32He makes a path to shine after him. One would think the deep to be gray.
- 33On earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
- 34He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 41 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVCanst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
GIGAKJVCan you draw out leviathan with a hook? Or his tongue with a cord which you let down?
KJVCanst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
GIGAKJVCan you put a hook into his nose? Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
KJVWill he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
GIGAKJVWill he make many prayers for mercy to you? Will he speak soft words to you?
KJVWill he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
GIGAKJVWill he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?
KJVWilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
GIGAKJVWill you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your servant girls?
KJVShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
GIGAKJVShall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?
KJVCanst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
GIGAKJVCan you fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish spears?
KJVLay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
GIGAKJVLay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more.
KJVBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
GIGAKJVThe hope of him is in vain. Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
KJVWho hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
GIGAKJVWho has gone before me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
KJVI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
GIGAKJVI will not conceal his parts, or his power, or his beautiful proportion.
KJVWho can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
GIGAKJVWho can discover the face of his garment? Or who can come to him with his double bridle?
KJVWho can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
GIGAKJVWho can open the doors of his face? His teeth are fearsome around.
KJVBy his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
GIGAKJVHis sneezing flashes out light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
KJVOut of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
GIGAKJVOut of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or pot.
KJVHis breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
GIGAKJVHis breath sets coals ablaze, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
KJVIn his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
GIGAKJVIn his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
KJVThe flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
GIGAKJVThe flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm in themselves. They cannot be moved.
KJVHis heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
GIGAKJVHis heart is as firm as a stone, yes, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
KJVWhen he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
GIGAKJVWhen he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: they draw back in panic when he crashes about.
KJVThe sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
GIGAKJVThe sword of him who lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, or the coat of armor.
KJVHe esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
GIGAKJVHe values iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
KJVThe arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
GIGAKJVThe arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
KJVDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
GIGAKJVDarts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
KJVSharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
GIGAKJVSharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things on the mud.
KJVHe maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
GIGAKJVHe makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
KJVHe maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
GIGAKJVHe makes a path to shine after him. One would think the deep to be gray.
KJVUpon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
GIGAKJVOn earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
KJVHe beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
GIGAKJVHe beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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