- 41:1 Can you draw out leviathan with a hook, Or press down his tongue with a cord?
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你能用鱼钩钓上鳄鱼，或用绳子压下它的舌头么？
- 41:2 Can you put a rope in his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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你能用绳索穿它的鼻子，或用钩穿它的腮骨么？
- 41:3 Will he make many supplications unto you, Or speak soft words to you?
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它岂向你连连恳求，或说柔和的话么？
- 41:4 Will he make a covenant with you That you would take him as a servant forever?
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它岂肯与你立约，使你拿它永远作奴仆么？
- 41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird, Or bind him for your maidens?
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你岂可拿它当雀鸟玩耍，或为你的幼女将它拴住么？
- 41:6 Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among merchants?
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搭伙的渔夫，岂可拿它当货物买卖么？岂能把它分给商人么？
- 41:7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
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你能用倒钩枪扎满它的皮，或用鱼叉叉满它的头么？
- 41:8 Lay your hand on him, And remember the battle-you will never do it again!
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你按手在它身上，想起与它的争战－你绝不再这样行了！
- 41:9 Indeed, any hope for him is vain; Will not one be even cast down at the sight of him?
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看哪，人指望捉拿它，是徒然的；一见它，岂不惊倒么？
- 41:10 No one is so fierce as to stir him up; Who then is he who would stand before Me?
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没有那么凶猛的人敢惹它；这样，谁能在我面前站立得住？
- 41:11 Who has first given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
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谁曾先给了我，使我后来偿还？普天之下，万物都是我的。
- 41:12 I will not be silent about his limbs Or about the account of his mighty deeds or about the beauty of his frame.
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论到鳄鱼的肢体，和其大力，并美好的体格，我不能缄默不言。
- 41:13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who can go within his double jaws?
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谁能剥掉它的外衣？谁能进它双颚之间？
- 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
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谁能开它的腮颊？它牙齿的四围是可畏的。
- 41:15 His pride is his rows of scales, Shut up as with a tight seal.
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它以成排的鳞甲为可夸，紧紧合闭，封得严密。
- 41:16 One is so near the other That the air cannot pass between them.
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这鳞甲一一相连，气也不得透入其间；
- 41:17 Each is joined to the other; They stick together and cannot be separated.
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都是互相联络，胶结不能分离。
- 41:18 His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
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它打喷嚏，就发出光来；它眼睛好像黎明的光线；
- 41:19 Out of his mouth go forth flaming torches; Sparks of fire leap out.
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从它口中发出烧着的火把，有火星飞迸而出。
- 41:20 Out of his nostrils comes smoke, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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从它鼻孔冒出烟来，如烧开的锅，和点着的灯心草。
- 41:21 His breath kindles coals, And a flame comes from his mouth.
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它的气点着煤炭，有火焰从它口中发出。
- 41:22 In his neck abides strength, And terror dances before him.
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它颈项中存着劲力，在它面前的都惊恐蹦跳。
- 41:23 The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm upon him and immovable.
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它下垂的肉块互相联络，紧贴其身，不能摇动。
- 41:24 His heart is as firm as stone, Indeed as firm as the lower millstone.
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它的心结实如石头，如下磨石那样结实。
- 41:25 At his rising up, the mighty fear; They are beside themselves with consternation.
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它一起来，勇士都惊恐；因着惊愕，便都昏乱。
- 41:26 The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
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刀剑扎上它，全都无用，枪、标枪、尖枪也都无效。
- 41:27 He considers iron shafts as straw, And bronze ones as rotted wood.
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它以铁为干草，以铜为烂木。
- 41:28 The arrow does not make him flee; With him slingstones turn to stubble.
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箭不能使它逃避；弹石打在它身上就变成碎秸。
- 41:29 Clubs are considered as stubble; He laughs at the quivering javelin.
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棍棒算如禾秸；它嗤笑短枪飕的响声。
- 41:30 His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads himself like a threshing sledge upon the mire.
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它肚腹下如尖瓦片；它如钉耙碾过淤泥。
- 41:31 He makes the deep boil like a cauldron; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
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它使深渊开滚如锅，使洋海如锅中沸腾的膏油。
- 41:32 Behind him he makes a shining wake; One would think the deep to be white-haired.
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它使行过的路发光，令人把深渊当作白发老人。
- 41:33 On earth there is none his equal, Who is made without fear.
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在地上没有一样能与它相比，它受造无所惧怕。
- 41:34 He beholds everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride.
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凡高大的，它都观看而不惧怕；它在一切骄傲的水族以上作王。