Bible Verses About God

Who can strip off his [scaly] garment? Who can enter his jaws?

Who can pry open the doors of his face, so close to his terrible teeth?

"His pride is his rows of scales, tightly sealed together -

one is so close to the next that no air can come between them;

they are stuck one to another, interlocked and impervious.

"When he sneezes, light flashes out; his eyes are like the shimmer of dawn.

From his mouth go fiery torches, and sparks come flying out.

His nostrils belch steam like a caldron boiling on the fire.

His breath sets coals ablaze; flames pour from his mouth.

"Strength resides in his neck, and dismay dances ahead of him [as he goes].

The layers of his flesh stick together; they are firm on him, immovable.

His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone.

When he rears himself up, the gods are afraid, beside themselves in despair.

"If a sword touches him, it won't stick; neither will a spear, or a dart, or a lance.

He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

An arrow can't make him flee; for him, slingstones are so much chaff.

Clubs count as hay, and he laughs at a quivering javelin.

His belly is as sharp as fragments of pottery, so he moves across the mud like a threshing-sledge.

"He makes the depths seethe like a pot, he makes the sea [boil] like a perfume kettle.

He leaves a shining wake behind him, making the deep seem to have white hair.

"On earth there is nothing like him, a creature without fear.

He looks straight at all high things. He is king over all proud beasts."

Then [at last,] Iyov gave ADONAI this answer:

"I know that you can do everything, that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

"[You asked,] 'Who is this, hiding counsel, without having knowledge?'Yes, I spoke, without understanding, of wonders far beyond me, which I didn't know.