Job 41 Cross References - LEB

¹ * "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or* _⌊can you tie down its mouth with a cord_⌋?* ² Can you put a rope in its nose? Or* can you pierce its jawbone with a hook? ³ Will it make numerous pleas for mercy to you? Or will it speak gentle words to you? ⁴ Will it make a covenant with you? Will you take it as a slave forever? ⁵ Will you play with it as with birds and put it on a leash for your girls? ⁶ Will guildsmen bargain over it? Will they divide it between tradesmen? ⁷ Can you fill its kin with harpoons or* its head with fish spears? ⁸ Lay your hands on it; think about the battle—you will not do it again! ⁹ "Look, _⌊the hope of capturing it_⌋* is false. Will one be hurled down even at its sight? ¹⁰ Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it? Who then is he who would stand _⌊before it_⌋?* ¹¹ Who has come to confront me, that* I should repay him? Under all the heavens, _⌊it belongs to me_⌋.* ¹² "I will not keep quiet concerning its limbs or* concerning the extent of its might and the gracefulness of its frame. ¹³ Who can strip off _⌊its outer covering_⌋?* Who can penetrate its double harness? ¹⁴ Who can open the doors of its face? Its teeth all around are fearsome. ¹⁵ Its back* has scales of shields; it is shut up closely as with a seal. ¹⁶ They are close _⌊to one another_⌋—* even* the air cannot come between them. ¹⁷ They are joined _⌊one to another_⌋;* they cling together and cannot be separated. ¹⁸ "Its snorting flashes forth light, and its eyes are _⌊red like dawn_⌋.* ¹⁹ Torches go from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. ²⁰ Smoke comes from its nostrils as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes. ²¹ Its breath kindles charcoal, and a flame comes from its mouth. ²² "Strength abides in its neck, and dismay* dances _⌊before it_⌋.* ²³ Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it—it will not be moved. ²⁴ Its heart is cast as stone; yes,* it is cast as the lower millstone. ²⁵ _⌊When it raises itself_⌋,* the mighty ones are terrified; they retreat because of its thrashing. ²⁶ Reaching it with the sword does not avail, nor with the spear, the dart, or* the javelin. ²⁷ It regards iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. ²⁸ _⌊An arrow_⌋* will not make it flee; sling stones are turned to stubble for it. ²⁹ Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at the short sword's rattle. ³⁰ "Its underparts are shards of a potsherd; it moves over mud like a threshing sledge. ³¹ It makes the deep boil like a cooking pot; it makes the sea like a pot of ointment. ³² Behind it, _⌊it leaves a glistening wake_⌋;* one would think that the deep has gray hair. ³³ "_⌊On the ground it has no equal_⌋*— a* creature without fear. ³⁴ It observes all the lofty; it is king _⌊over all that are proud_⌋."*

⁸ Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are skilled at rousing Leviathan.

¹⁴ You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food to the desert dwelling creatures.

²⁶ There the ships sail. Leviathan is there that you formed to play with.*

¹ On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.

²⁸ Because you are raging against me, and your arrogance has come up in my ears, I will put my nose ring in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. And I will turn you back on the way that you have come.

²⁹ Because you were enraged _⌊against_⌋* me, and your noise* has come up to* my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

⁴ And so I will put hooks in your jawbones, and I will make the fish of your Nile streams stick to your scales, and I will bring you up from the midst of your Nile streams, and all of the fish of your Nile streams which cling to your scales. ⁵ And I will fling you to the desert, you and all the fish of your Nile streams. On the surface of the field you will fall; you will not be gathered, and you will not be assembled. To the animals* of the field and to the birds* of the heavens I will give you as food.

²¹ The _⌊buttery words_⌋* of his mouth were smooth, but there was battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they were drawn swords.

¹ A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir _⌊anger_⌋.*

²³ The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.

¹⁵ _⌊With patience_⌋* a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.*

¹⁰ who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven,* and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

⁶ his master will present him to God* and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve him forever.

¹⁷ then you shall take an awl, and you shall thrust it through his earlobe and into the door, and he shall be to you _⌊a slave forever_⌋;* and you shall also do likewise for your slave woman.

³¹ Then his servants said to him, "Please now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of mercy. Let us now put sackcloth on around our waists and ropes on our heads. Then let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps _⌊he will let you live_⌋."* ³² So they tied sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads. Then they went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "Is my brother still alive?" ³³ The men took this as a good omen and they quickly accepted it as true from him, and they said, "Your brother Ben-Hadad lives." So he said, "Go, get him." Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up on the chariot. ³⁴ Ben-Hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I shall return. You may set up streets with stalls for yourself in Damascus just as my father set up in Samaria." Then Ahab said, "_⌊On these terms_⌋* I will let you go," So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

⁵ And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings,* and with glory and with majesty you crowned him. ⁶ You make him over the works of your hands; all things you have placed under his feet:

²⁵ After awhile, when their hearts* were merry, they said, "Call Samson and let him entertain us." And they called Samson _⌊from the prison_⌋,* and _⌊he entertained them_⌋.* And they made him stand between the pillars. ²⁶ Then Samson said to the servant who was holding him by his hand, "Position me so that I can touch the pillars on which the house* rests, so I can lean on them." ²⁷ And the house* was full of men and women, and all of the rulers of the Philistines were there—about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching the performance of Samson. ²⁸ And Samson called to Yahweh and said, "My Lord Yahweh, remember me! Please give me strength this one time, O God, so that I can repay with one act of revenge to the Philistines for my eyes." ²⁹ And Samson reached out and held two of the middle pillars on which the house* was resting, and he leaned on them, one on his right and one on his left. ³⁰ And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines." And he pushed* with all his strength, and the house* fell on the rulers and all of the people who were with him. And the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those he killed in his life.

¹¹ He dams up rivers from their sources, and he brings secret things to the light.

¹¹ When they saw him, they took thirty companions, and they were with him.

¹¹ The king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast as one who takes off his armor.'"

⁴ But they were very afraid, and they said, "Look, two kings could not stand before him; how can we stand?"

³¹ Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and* deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand. ³² But if not, while* the other is still far away, he sends an ambassador and* asks _⌊for terms of_⌋* peace.

³⁴ You shall become mad _⌊because of what your eyes shall see_⌋.*

¹¹ So Yahweh said to Samuel, "Look, I am doing something in Israel _⌊which will cause_⌋* the two ears of everyone who hears it to tingle.

¹⁹ _⌊As often as it passes through_⌋,* it will take you, for _⌊morning by morning_⌋* it will pass through, in the day and in the night,
and understanding the message will be only terror."

¹¹ There will be great earthquakes and famines and plagues in various places. There will be terrible sights and great signs from heaven.

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him?

⁹ He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like a lioness, who will rouse him? They who bless you will be blessed, and they who curse you will be cursed."

⁴ He is wise in* heart and mighty in* strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?*

⁹ Or do you have an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

¹¹ Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son lest he be angry and you perish on the way, for his anger burns quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

⁵ "If you run with foot soldiers and they have made you weary, then how will you compete with horses? If you have fallen in _⌊a peaceful land_⌋,* then how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

¹⁷ And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man?* _⌊Was it too small a thing_⌋* for the house of Judah _⌊to do_⌋* the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land with violence, and _⌊they provoked me to anger again_⌋,* and look! They are putting the branch to their nose. ¹⁸ And so I will act in rage, and my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion, and they will cry in my ear with a loud voice, and I will not hear them."

²² Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he is, are we?*

⁵ And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, _⌊for all the earth is mine_⌋,*

¹⁴ Look! For to Yahweh your God _⌊belong_⌋* heaven and the _⌊highest heavens_⌋,* the earth and all that is in it.

¹¹ To you, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the splendor and the glory and the strength, for everything in the heavens and in the earth. Yours, O Yahweh, is the kingdom and exaltation over all as head! ¹² And wealth and glory are from you, and you rule over all. And in your hand is power and might. And in your hand is power to make great and to give strength to all. ¹³ And now, our God, we give thanks to you and offer praise to the name of your splendor. ¹⁴ And indeed, who am I, and who are my people that we retain power to offer according to these offerings willingly? For everything is from you, and from your hand we have given to you.

² "Can a man be of use to God? Yes, can the wise be of use to him? ³ Is it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or* a gain if you make your ways blameless?

⁷ If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

³ For you meet him with blessings of good things. You set on his head a crown of fine gold.

¹ A psalm of David.*
The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness, the world and those who live in it,

¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you, because the world and its fullness are mine.

¹⁶ The heavens are Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of humankind.

³⁵ Or who has given in advance to him, and it will be paid back to him?"*

²⁶ for "the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness."*

²⁸ But if someone says to you, "This is offered to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and the conscience.

²⁵ So* God made wild animals* according to their kind and the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing of the earth according to its* kind. And God saw that it was good.

⁹ Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding; that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint or he would not come near you.

³ And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.

¹⁰ and I prescribed my rule for it, and I set bars and doors,

⁴ My soul is among lions. I lie down among those who devour— the children* of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows and whose tongues are sharp swords.

⁶ O God, break their teeth in their mouth. Break off the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh.

¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and its jawbones, knives, in order to devour the poor from the earth* and the needy from humankind.

⁴ When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low.

⁷ After this in the visions of the night I was looking and there was a fourth beast, terrifying and frightful and exceedingly strong, and _⌊it had_⌋* _⌊great iron teeth_⌋,* and it was devouring and crushing, and it stamped the remainder* with its feet; and it was different from all the other beasts _⌊that preceded it_⌋* _⌊and it had ten horns_⌋.*

²³ Thus says Yahweh,
"The wise man must not boast in his wisdom, and the warrior must not boast in his might, the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

² And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?" ³ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

⁵ And one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

⁹ Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but* there be none, and let it not see the eyelids of dawn

¹⁴ and his head and hair were white like wool, white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame,

⁸ Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed. Burning coals blazed from him.

¹³ And the word of Yahweh came to me a second time, _⌊saying_⌋,* "What are you seeing?" And I said, "I am seeing a _⌊boiling_⌋* pot, and its face is from the face of the north." ¹⁴ Then Yahweh said to me, "From the north disaster will be unleashed* on all the inhabitants of the land.

¹² From the brightness before him his clouds passed over with hail and coals of fire.

³³ For Topheth has been prepared from yesterday; indeed, it is made ready for the king. He makes its pile of wood deep and wide; he makes fire and wood _⌊abundant_⌋.* The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.

⁵ Before him went Disease,* and Pestilence* went out at his feet.

¹⁹ "Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

¹⁶ Look, its strength is in its loins and its power in the muscles of its stomach.

¹⁴ Should I redeem them from _⌊the power_⌋* of Sheol? * Should I deliver them from death? Where are your plagues, O Death? Where is your destruction, O Sheol?* Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

⁵⁵ Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? ⁵⁶ Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

⁴ because _⌊I know_⌋* that you are obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.

³ O Yahweh, do not your eyes look for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back.

¹² _⌊They made their hearts adamant_⌋* in order not to hear the law* and the words that Yahweh of hosts had sent by his spirit through* the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of hosts.

²⁸ Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses.

⁴ And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship _⌊was in danger of breaking up_⌋.* ⁵ And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the _⌊contents_⌋* that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And meanwhile Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep. ⁶ And the captain* of the ship approached him and said to him, "Why are you _⌊sound asleep_⌋?* Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god* will take notice of us and we won't perish!"

²¹ They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength; it goes out to meet the battle. ²² It laughs at danger and is not dismayed, and it does not turn back from _⌊before_⌋* the sword. ²³ Upon it the quiver rattles along with the flash of the spear and the short sword. ²⁴ With roar and rage _⌊it races over the ground_⌋,* and it cannot stand still at the sound of the horn.

⁷ It scorns the city's turmoil; it does not hear the driver's shouts.

¹⁰ And they themselves scoff at kings and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortification, and they heap up earth and take it.

¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared small shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the whole army.

¹⁵ Look! I will make you into a new sharp threshing sledge, _⌊with_⌋* sharp edges. You shall thresh and crush the mountains, and you shall make the hills like chaff.

² Now* the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

¹⁵ and they shall be as lights* in the vaulted dome* of heaven* to give light on the earth." And it was so.

¹⁵ And as for you, you shall go to your ancestors* in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

⁸ And Abraham passed away and died in a good old age, old and full of years. And he was gathered to his people.

³⁸ But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone remains. If harm meets him on the journey that you would take, you would bring down my gray head in sorrow to Sheol."

¹⁴ The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea says, 'It is not with me.'

¹⁶ "Have you entered into the sea's sources? Or have you walked around in the recesses of the deep?

³⁰ Like stone the waters become hard, and the faces of the deep freeze.

³¹ A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength,* but the beauty of the aged is gray hair.

¹⁹ "It is the first of God's actions; the one who made him furnishes it with his sword.*

² And Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh that I should listen to his voice to release Israel? I do not know Yahweh, and also I will not release Israel."

¹² By his power he stilled the sea, and by his understanding he struck down Rahab.

⁸ _⌊Proud wild animals_⌋* have not trodden it; the lion in its prime has not prowled over it.

⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.

¹⁰ Therefore his people turn there,* and abundant waters are slurped up by them.

¹ Ah! The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim and the withering flower of the glory of his beauty, which is at the head of _⌊the rich valley_⌋,* _⌊ones overcome_⌋* with wine!

³ Speak, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh:
"Look! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster, the one lying down in the midst of his Nile streams, who says to me, "It is my Nile, and I made it for myself."*

¹ And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars, ² and _⌊who was pregnant_⌋* and was crying out because she* was having birth pains, and was in torment to give birth. ³ And another sign appeared in heaven, and behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal headbands.*

² And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard, and its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

² And he seized the dragon—the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan—and bound him for a thousand years, ³ and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it above him, in order that he could not deceive the nations again until the thousand years are completed. After these things it is necessary for him to be released for a short time.