Daily Bible CEV September 29 Verses

¹²What powerful legs, what a stout body

this monster possesses!

¹³Who could strip off its armor

or bring it under control with a harness?

¹⁴Who would try to open its jaws, full of fearsome teeth?

^*15Its back is covered with shield after shield,

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firmly bound and closer together ¹⁷than breath to breath.

When This Monster Sneezes

¹⁸When this monster sneezes, lightning flashes,

and its eyes glow like the dawn.

¹⁹Sparks and fiery flames explode from its mouth.

²⁰And smoke spews from its nose

like steam from a boiling pot,

²¹while its blazing breath

scorches everything in sight.

²²Its neck is so tremendous that everyone trembles,

²³the weakest parts of its body are harder than iron,

²⁴

and its heart is stone.

²⁵When this noisy monster appears, even the most powerful

turn and run in fear.

²⁶No sword or spear can harm it,

²⁷and weapons of bronze or iron are as useless

as straw or rotten wood.

²⁸Rocks thrown from a sling cause it no more harm

than husks of grain.

This monster fears no arrows, ²⁹it simply smiles at spears,

and striking it with a stick is like slapping it with straw.

³⁰As it crawls through the mud, its sharp and spiny hide

tears the ground apart.

³¹And when it swims down deep,

the sea starts churning like boiling oil,

³²

and it leaves behind a trail of shining white foam.

³³No other creature on earth is so fearless.

³⁴It is king of all proud creatures,

and it looks upon the others as nothing.

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