Job 41 Cross References - NSB

¹ GOD CONTINUES TO QUESTION JOB: ² »Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope? ³ »Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws? ⁴ »Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy? ⁵ »Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever? ⁶ »Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women? ⁷ »Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell? ⁸ »Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon? ⁹ »Indeed, hope of overcoming him is false. Should you be overwhelmed at the sight of him? ¹⁰ »No one is as fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against me? ¹¹ »Who has preceded me that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is mine. ¹² »I will not conceal his limbs, his mighty power, or his graceful proportions. ¹³ »Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? ¹⁴ »Who can open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? ¹⁵ »His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as a seal. ¹⁶ »One is so near another that no air can come between them. ¹⁷ »They are joined one to another, they stick together and cannot be parted. ¹⁸ »Its sneezes flash forth light, and its eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. ¹⁹ »From its mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap out. ²⁰ »Out of its nostrils comes smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. ²¹ »Its breath kindles coals, and a flame comes out of its mouth. ²² »In its neck abides strength, and terror dances before it. ²³ »The folds of its flesh cling together; it is firmly cast and immovable. ²⁴ »Its heart is as hard as stone, as hard as the lower millstone. ²⁵ »When it raises itself up the gods are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves. ²⁶ »Though the sword reaches it, it does not avail, nor does the spear, the dart, or the javelin. ²⁷ »It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood. ²⁸ »An arrow will not make it run away. Stones from a sling turn to dust against it. ²⁹ »It considers clubs to be like stubble, and it laughs at a rattling javelin. ³⁰ »Its underside is like sharp pieces of broken pottery. It stretches out like a threshing sledge on the mud. ³¹ »It makes the deep sea boil like a pot. It stirs up the ocean like a boiling kettle. ³² »It leaves a shining path behind it so that the sea appears to have silvery hair. ³³ »Nothing on land can compare to it. It was made fearless. ³⁴ »It looks down on all high things. It is king of everyone who is arrogant.

² The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

¹⁵ »Let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.« It was so.

²⁵ God made the wild animals according to their kinds. He made the livestock according to their kinds and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them: »Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.«

¹⁵ »As for yourself, you shall go to your ancestors in peace. You shall be buried at a good old age.

⁸ Then he took his last breath and died at a very old age. After a long and full life, he joined his ancestors in death.

³⁸ Jacob replied: »My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!«

⁹ »Judah is like a lion, killing his victim and returning to his den. He is like a lion stretching out and lying down. No one dares disturb him.

² But Pharaoh responded: »Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and besides, I will not let Israel go.«

⁵ ‘If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine.

⁶ »He must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship. His owner will punch a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.

⁹ »He bows down and he lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you! Cursed is everyone who curses you!«

¹⁴ »Behold, heaven and the highest heavens belong to Jehovah your God, even the earth and all that is in it.

¹⁷ then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door. He will be your servant for a very long time. You should do likewise to your maidservant.

³⁴ »You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering.

¹¹ The Philistines saw him. They sent thirty companions to stay with him.

²⁵ They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!« ²⁶ Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: »Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them.« ²⁷ The building was crowded with men and women. All five Philistine kings were there. There were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them. ²⁸ Samson prayed: »Sovereign Lord Jehovah please remember me. Please, God, give me my strength just this one time. With this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes.« ²⁹ Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them. ³⁰ Samson shouted: »Let me die with the Philistines!« He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.

¹¹ Jehovah said to Samuel: »I will do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears it tingle.

¹¹ The king of Israel responded: »It is said, let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.«

³¹ His servants said to him: »It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel. Maybe he will give you your life.« ³² So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and went to the king of Israel and said: »Your servant Benhadad says: ‘Let me now keep my life.’« And he said: »Is he still living? He is my brother.« ³³ Now the men took it as a sign, and were quick to pick up on his word. They said: »Benhadad is your brother.« Then he said: »Go and get him.« So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage. ³⁴ Benhadad said: »The towns my father took from your father I will give back. You may name streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria.« As for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.

⁴ The rulers of Samaria were terrified. They said: »How can we oppose Jehu when neither King Joram nor King Ahaziah could?«

²⁸ »Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.

¹¹ »You are great and powerful, glorious, splendid, and majestic. Everything in heaven and earth is yours, and you, O Jehovah, are king, supreme ruler over all. ¹² »All riches and wealth come from you. You rule everything by your strength and power. You are able to make anyone great and strong. ¹³ »Now, our God, we give you thanks, and we praise your glorious name. ¹⁴ »Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything. This is because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.

¹⁴ Uzziah prepared shields, spears, helmets, armor, bows, and stones for slings for the entire army.

⁸ »May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to lift up Leviathan (Babylonian symbol of sadness and mourning). ⁹ »Let its morning stars become dark and cause it to wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

⁴ »God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?

² »Can a mortal man be of use to God? Can even the wisest be of service to him? ³ »Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Is it profitable to him if you make your ways blameless?

⁹ »Do you have an arm (power) like God’s? Can your voice thunder like his?

¹⁶ »What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly!

¹⁹ »He ranks first among the works of God, yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

⁵ You made him a little lower than god-like ones (God) (Son of God) (angels). You crowned him with glory and honor. (John 1:18) ⁶ You made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control:

¹² »He stills the sea with his power. He struck down Rahab with his understanding.

⁸ »No proud beast has ever walked on it. No ferocious lion has ever passed over it.

¹¹ »They explore the sources of rivers to bring hidden treasures to light.

¹⁴ »The deep ocean says: ‘It is not in me.’ The sea proclaims: ‘Not in me either!’

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

¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

¹⁶ »Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

³⁰ when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?

⁷ »He scorns the tumult of the city. He does not heed the shouts of the driver.

¹⁹ »Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

²¹ »It paws in strength and finds joy in its power. It charges into battle. ²² »It laughs at fear, is afraid of nothing, and does not back away from swords. ²³ »A quiver of arrows rattles on it along with the flashing spear and javelin. ²⁴ »Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and does not trust the sound of the ram's horn.

¹¹ Serve Jehovah with deep respect and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed (happy) are all who take refuge (put trust) in him.

⁸ Smoke went up from his nostrils. A raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals were kindled by it.

¹² Out of the brightness in front of him, those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning.

³ You come to him with the blessings of good things. You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

⁹ »Do not be stubborn like a horse or mule. They need a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.«

¹ ([Psalm of David]) The earth and all it contains the world and those who dwell in it belong to Jehovah.

²¹ His speech was smoother than butter, but his heart was war! His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

⁴ I am among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongue is a sharp sword.

⁶ Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Jehovah.

⁶ That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.

¹⁰ Therefore his people return here and here they drink waters of abundance.

¹⁴ You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

¹² »If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that it contains are mine.

²⁶ Ships sail on it, and Leviathan (great sea animal), which you made, plays in it.

²⁸ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He led them from their troubles.

¹⁶ The highest heaven belongs to Jehovah, but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

¹ A mild answer turns away anger. Harsh words stir up anger.

²³ The poor man requests and the rich man answers out of greed.

²⁹ The glory of young men is their strength. The honor of old men is their gray haired [wisdom and experience].

¹⁵ A ruler is persuaded by patience, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

³¹ Gray hair is a crown of glory when it is found in the way of righteousness.

¹⁴ There is a generation, whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

⁴ And the doors will be shut in the streets. When the sound of the grinding is low he will rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music will be brought low.

¹ Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine.

¹⁹ »As often as it passes through it will take you. Morning by morning it will pass over, and by day and by night. It will be a terror just to understand the report.«

¹⁰ They say to the seers: »Do not see the future.« They say to those who have visions: ‘Do not have visions that tell us what is right. Tell us what we want to hear. Prophesy illusions.

³³ Topheth was prepared long ago. It was made ready for the king. It was made deep and wide and piled high with plenty of burning logs. Jehovah’s breath will be like a flood of burning sulfur, setting it on fire.

¹ In that day Jehovah will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword. He will slay Leviathan the fleeing, coiling serpent, the monster of the sea.

²⁹ »For the reason that you rage against me and because your insolence (arrogance) has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the way you came.«

¹⁵ »See I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. You will reduce the hills to chaff.

⁴ »I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper.

¹³ Again Jehovah asked: »What do you see?« I answered: »I see a boiling pot, and its top is tilted away from the north.« ¹⁴ Jehovah said to me: »Disaster will be poured out from the north on all those who live in the land.

³ Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

²³ This is what Jehovah says: »Do not let wise people brag about their wisdom. Do not let strong people brag about their strength. Do not let rich people brag about their riches.«

⁵ Jehovah says: »Jeremiah, if you get tired racing against people, how can you race against horses? If you cannot even stand up in open country, how will you manage in the thicket by the Jordan?«

¹⁷ Jehovah said to me: »Mortal man, do you see that? These people of Judah are not satisfied with merely doing all the disgusting things you have seen here and with spreading violence throughout the country. No, they must come and do them right here in the Temple and make me even angrier. Look how they insult me in the most offensive way possible by thrusting the shoot to my nose! (an obsene reference or jesture to Jehovah) ¹⁸ »They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them«

³ »Say this, ‘The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster (Egypt) (Psalm 74:13,14) that lies in the midst of his rivers. You have said: ‘My Nile is mine! I have made it!’« ⁴ »I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers. All the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales. ⁵ »I will abandon you to the wilderness and all the fish of your rivers. You will fall on the open field. You will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁷ »After this I saw more visions in the night. I saw a FOURTH BEAST terrible and powerful, and exceedingly strong! It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from the beasts that came before it. It had ten horns!

¹⁴ »I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death! O death, where are your stings (plagues)? O grave, where is your destruction (devastation)? Compassion will be concealed from my eyes. (1 Co 15:54-57)

⁴ Jehovah sent out a great windstorm upon the sea and the ship was about to break up. ⁵ The sailors were so afraid that each man cried out to his own god. They threw the cargo that was on the ship into the sea to lighten the load. At that time Jonah was fast asleep down in the innermost parts of the ship. ⁶ So the captain came to him, and said: »Why are you sleeping? Get up and call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.«

¹⁰ »They scoff at kings, and princes are derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build earthen ramps and capture them.

⁵ Before him go the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at his feet.

¹² »They made their hearts hard like flint and would not listen to the law, and the words that Jehovah of Hosts sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Great anger came from Jehovah of Hosts!«

³¹ »When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king. ³² »If he is not strong enough he will send messengers to the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still far away.«

¹¹ »There will be great earthquakes. There will be famines and pestilences in various places. There shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.

³⁵ Or who has first given to him, that it shall be repaid to him again? (Job 41:11)

²² Do we provoke Jehovah to rivalry (indignation) (anger)? Are we stronger than he?

²⁶ For the earth and that which fills it is Jehovah’s. (Psalm 24:1)

²⁸ But if any man says to you: »This is offered in sacrifice to idols,« do not eat for the sake of the one who said it and for conscience sake.

⁵⁵ »O death, where is your sting (power to hurt)? O grave, where is your victory?« ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks to God, because he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us. We guide their whole bodies.

¹⁴ His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire.

² And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice: »Who is worthy to open the book, and to remove the seals?« ³ No one in heaven, on earth or under the earth was able to open the book and look inside.

⁵ One of the elders said to me: »Do not weep; the Lion of the tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening the book and removing the seven seals.«

¹ A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head was a crown with twelve stars. ² She, being with child, cried out in labor pains, ready to deliver. ³ Another sign appeared in heaven. It was a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

² The beast I saw looked like a leopard. His feet were like the feet of a bear. His mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.

² He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. ³ He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.