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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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ወኢርኢከሂ ፡ ወኢያንከርከ ፡ ነገሮ ። ወኢፈራህከ ፡ እስመ ፡ ሊተ ፡ አስተዳለወ ።
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Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
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መኑ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዘይትቃወመኒ ። ወመኑ ፡ ዘይትናሠአኒ ፡ ወየሐዩ ። ወኵሉ ፡ ዘታሕተ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ዚአየ ፡ ውእቱ ።
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Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
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ወኢያረምም ፡ በእንቲአሁ ። ወቃለ ፡ ኃያል ፡ ይሣሀሎ ፡ ለዘ ፡ ከማሁ ።
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Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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ወመኑ ፡ ይቀፍጽ ፡ ግልባቤ ፡ ገጹ ። ወመኑ ፡ ይበውእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ማኅበርተ ፡ እንግድዓሁ ።
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Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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ወመኑ ፡ ያርኁ ፡ መዓጹተ ፡ ዘቅድመ ፡ ገጹ ። አውዶ ፡ ለስነኒሁ ፡ ግርማ ።
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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
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ወአማዑቲሁኒ ፡ አራዊት ፡ ዘብርት ። ወቍጽረቱ ፡ ከመ ፡ እብነ ፡ ኰኵሕ ።
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Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
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አሐዱ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ተጣበቀ ። ወመንፈስሂ ፡ ኢይበሮ ።
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Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
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ወያስተለክዕ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ምስለ ፡ እኁሁ ። ወይጣበቁ ፡ ወኢይትፋትሑ ።
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Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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በዕጣሱ ፡ ይበርቅ ፡ ብርሃን ። [ወአዕይንቲሁ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኮከበ ፡ ጽባሕ ። ]10 ወእምአፉሁ ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ መኃትው ፡ ዘይነድድ ። ወይዌሩ ፡ አፍሐመ ፡ እሳት ።
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Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
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ወእምአንፉ ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ ጢስ ። ከመ ፡ እቶን ፡ ዘይነድድ ፡ በአፍሐመ ፡ እሳት ።
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I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
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ነፍሱሂ ፡ ፍሕም ፡ ይእቲ ። ነበልባል ፡ ይወፅእ ፡ እምአፉሁ ።
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Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
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ውስተ ፡ ክሳዱ ፡ ኃደረ ፡ ኃይል ። ወውዐለ ፡ ቅድሜሁ ፡ ሞት ።
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Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
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ሥጋሁ ፡ ነፍሰቶ ፡ ጡቡቅ ። ወለእመሂ ፡ ሶጡ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ ኢይትኀወሥ ።
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His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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ልቡኒ ፡ ጽኑዕ ፡ ወከመ ፡ ጾላዕ ። ቆመ ፡ ከመ ፡ ወሬዛ ፡ ኃያል ።
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One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
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ወለእመሂ ፡ ተመይጠ ፡ ይሜምዕ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ አራዊት ፡ ወእንስሳ ። ወዘ ፡ ይትኀወሥ ፡ ዲበ ፡ ምድር ።
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They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
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ወለእመሂ ፡ ጠበቆ ፡ ኰያንው ፡ አልቦ ፡ ዘይሬስዮ ።
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By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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ረምሕ ፡ ወልብሰ ፡ ኀጺን ፡ ከመ ፡ ሣዕር ፡ እሙንቱ ፡ በኀቤሁ ። ወብርትኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዕፅ ፡ ብኅቡኀ ።
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Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
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ኢይሰቍሮ ፡ ቀስተ ፡ ብርት ። ወእብንሂ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሐሠር ።
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Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
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ብርዐ ፡ ይመስሎ ፡ መፍጽሕት ። ወይሥሕቅ ፡ ዲበ ፡ እብን ፡ ዓበይት ።
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His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
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ምስካቡሂ ፡ ሐውልት ፡ ዐበይት ። ወኵሉ ፡ ብሔረ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ በኀቤሁ ፡ ከመ ፡ ፅቡር ፡ ዘአልቦ ፡ ኍልቈ ።
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In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
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ወያንሥዐሥዓ ፡ ለሲኦል ፡ ከመ ፡ ጽህርት ። ባሕርኒ ፡ በድወ ፡ ይመስሎ ።
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The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
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ወቍረ ፡ ሲኦኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ ፄዋ ። ወረሰያ ፡ ለሲኦል ፡ ከመ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ያንሶሱ ።
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His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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ወአልቦ ፡ በዲበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወኢምንትሂ ፡ ከማሁ ። ተፈጢሮ ፡ ተሳላቁ ፡ ላዕሌሁ ፡ መላእክት ።
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When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
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ወይሬኢ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ነዋኀ ። ወውእቱ ፡ ንጉሦሙ ፡ ለኵሉ ፡ ዘውስተ ፡ ሰማይ ።
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