^{1 Ref} Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

^{2 Ref} Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

³ Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

^{4 Ref} Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

^{5 Ref} Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

^{6 Ref} Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

^{7 Ref} Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

^{8 Ref} Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

^{9 Ref} Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

^{10 Ref} See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.

^{11 Ref} His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.

^{12 Ref} His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

^{13 Ref} His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

^{14 Ref} He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure.

^{15 Ref} He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

¹⁶ He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

^{17 Ref} He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.

^{18 Ref} Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

^{19 Ref} Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?

^{20 Ref} Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

^{21 Ref} Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

^{22 Ref} Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

^{23 Ref} Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?

^{24 Ref} Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women?

²⁵ Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders?

²⁶ Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head?

²⁷ Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

²⁸ Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!