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"Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, Or pierce his nose with barbs [to trap him]?

"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

"Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

"Behold, his [assailant's] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?

"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his orderly frame.

"Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor? Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?

"Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face? Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror.

"His strong scales are his pride, Bound together as with a tight seal.

"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.

"Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap out.

"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and [as from] burning rushes.

"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].

"His heart is as hard as a stone, Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone.

"His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).

"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him [and his prayer] so that I may not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has."

The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.