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Job 41:4-34
Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again!Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.“ I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;One is so near another That no air can come between them;They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride.”
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Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
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Job 38:39-39:12
“ Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,When they crouch in their dens, Or lurk in their lairs to lie in wait?Who provides food for the raven, When its young ones cry to God, And wander about for lack of food?“ Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they bear young?They bow down, They bring forth their young, They deliver their offspring.Their young ones are healthy, They grow strong with grain; They depart and do not return to them.“ Who set the wild donkey free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager,Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?He scorns the tumult of the city; He does not heed the shouts of the driver.The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.“ Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?
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Job 39:26-30
“ Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, And spread its wings toward the south?Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high?On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.From there it spies out the prey; Its eyes observe from afar.Its young ones suck up blood; And where the slain are, there it is.”
