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Apostles' Bible Complete (2004) King James Version (1769) New King James Version (1982) Today's English Version (Good News Bible) (1992) Voice In Wilderness (2006)
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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"Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or [snare] his tongue with a line [which] you lower?
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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?
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Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?
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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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Will you play with him as [with] a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?
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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
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Will [your] companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?
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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
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Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle -- Never do it again!
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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Indeed, [any] hope of [overcoming] him is false; Shall [one not] be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
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None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
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No one [is so] fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
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Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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Who has preceded Me, that I should pay [him?] Everything under heaven is Mine.
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I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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"I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
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Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
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Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach [him] with a double bridle?
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Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
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Who can open the doors of his face, [With] his terrible teeth all around?
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His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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[His] rows of scales are [his] pride, Shut up tightly [as with] a seal;
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One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
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One is so near another That no air can come between them;
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They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
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They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.
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By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
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Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
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Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.
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Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
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Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As [from] a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.
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In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
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Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
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The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower [millstone.]
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When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.
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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
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[Though] the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
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He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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He regards iron as straw, [And] bronze as rotten wood.
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The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.
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Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
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Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.
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Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
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His undersides [are] like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed [marks] in the mire.
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
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He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
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He leaves a shining wake behind him; [One] would think the deep had white hair.
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Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
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On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.
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He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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He beholds every high [thing;] He [is] king over all the children of pride."
