^{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.