^{1 Ref} Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

^{2 Ref} Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

^{3 Ref} Will he make many supplications unto thee? Or will he speak soft words unto thee?

^{4 Ref} Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

^{5 Ref} Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

^{6 Ref} Will the bands `of fishermen' make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

^{8 Ref} Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

^{9 Ref} Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

^{10 Ref} None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

^{11 Ref} Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? `Whatsoever is' under the whole heaven is mine.

^{12 Ref} I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

^{13 Ref} Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

^{14 Ref} Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

^{15 Ref} `His' strong scales are `his' pride, Shut up together `as with' a close seal.

¹⁶ One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.

¹⁷ They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

^{18 Ref} His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

^{19 Ref} Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.

^{20 Ref} Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and `burning' rushes.

^{21 Ref} His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

^{22 Ref} In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

^{24 Ref} His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

^{25 Ref} When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

^{26 Ref} If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁷ He counteth iron as straw, `And' brass as rotten wood.

^{28 Ref} The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

^{29 Ref} Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

^{30 Ref} His underparts are `like' sharp potsherds: He spreadeth `as it were' a threshing-wain upon the mire.

³¹ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: He maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

^{32 Ref} He maketh a path to shine after him; One would think the deep to be hoary.

^{33 Ref} Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

^{34 Ref} He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

^{1 Ref} He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

^{2 Ref} Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

^{3 Ref} I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.

^{4 Ref} Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

^{5 Ref} Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

^{6 Ref} His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.

⁷ One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.

^{8 Ref} They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.

^{9 Ref} His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

^{10 Ref} Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

^{11 Ref} Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.

^{12 Ref} His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

^{13 Ref} Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.

^{14 Ref} The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

^{15 Ref} His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.

¹⁶ When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.

¹⁷ The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.

^{18 Ref} Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

^{19 Ref} The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

^{20 Ref} A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

^{21 Ref} Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

^{22 Ref} The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.

²³ After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

^{24 Ref} On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.

^{25 Ref} Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.