Book of Job - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 858
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
40-31
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41-3
Can you pierce with your prickling his skin,Or his head with the spear used for fish?Once touch him ! you will not forget!You never again will assail !Why, to try for him would be in vain IOne drops, if but looking at himI will not relate of his limbs,His courage, and power, and form lWho dare open his mouth for a bi t,Or bring double bridle to himWho dare open the doors of his mouthSurrounded with terrible teeth?His back is the bosses of shieldsPressed close with the print of a seal,Where everyone sticks to his mate,And the wind cannot go in between !For everyone holds in its place.They grasp, and they cannot be split!And when he is sneezing, light shines;And his eyes are the eyelids of dawn!And flashes come out of his mouth,And sparkles of fire escape;From his nostrils a vapour proceedsLike dame from a furnace, or straw!His breath is the burning of coalsAndifiames proceed out of his mouth!His vigour sits down on his neck,And terror precedes his advance!The Hakes of his flesh stick as oneSo close that they cannot be moved!His heart is as hard as a stone,Yes! as hard as the stone of a mill IWhen he rises, the brave are dismayed;They stagger, as tho' in the waves !If the sword reach, it will not pierce him,Nor the spear, or the stone, or the dart !He fancies that iron is straw,And the steel to be mere rotten wood INo arrows can turn him to flightSiing·stones he converts into chaff SHe thinks that the club is a rushAnd laughs at the shake of ea spear iAnd his sharp·pointed claws are beneath,Supporting his course on the mud lHe makes the deep boil like a potAnd embroiders the water with foam, ·And after his passage it shinesIt seems that the depths have turned grey IOn the dust there is nowhere his matchWho was made so as not to feel fear !26He gazes on all that is great;He is king over all the wild beasts.Who are you, who dare not arouse him,Yet who dare resist Me to My face ?Who has worked for Me ?——~I will repay.All under the heavens is MineNo·rz.—·Ch. 1. Vin. Iherei'd should and h¤4erses 2 an3 ave no meang_tore restore come after verse 26 of this 41st chapter. As them to their oriina osition at the end ofgpthey are placed by some error of an old the description 0 the eviathan.copier, they break the sense of the address,S 58
