American Standard Version of 1901
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{[Chapter 40:25 in Hebrew]}Canst thou draw out {That is, the crocodile.}leviathan with a fishhook?Or press down his tongue with a cord?
Canst thou put {Hebrew: a rope of rushes.}a rope into his nose?Or pierce his jaw through with a {Or, spike}hook?
Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee?I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Once have I spoken, and I will not answer;Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man:I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Wilt thou even annul my judgment?Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
Or hast thou an arm like God?And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
He is the chief of the ways of God:He only that made him giveth him his sword.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food,Where all the beasts of the field do play.
He lieth under the lotus-trees,In the covert of the reed, and the fen.
The lotus-trees cover him with their shade;The willows of the brook compass him about.
Behold, if a river {Or, be violent}overflow, he trembleth not;He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
Shall any take him when he is on the watch,Or pierce through his nose with a snare?