- 1. Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
- 2. Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
- 3. Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
- 4. Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
- 5. Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
- 6. Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
- 7. Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
- 8. Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, -- do no more!
- 9. Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
- 10. None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
- 11. Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
- 12. I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
- 13. Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
- 14. Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
- 15. The rows of his shields are a 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 each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
- 18. His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
- 19. Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
- 20. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
- 21. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
- 22. In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
- 23. The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
- 24. His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
- 25. When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
- 26. If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
- 27. He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
- 28. The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
- 29. Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
- 30. His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
- 31. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
- 32. He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
- 33. Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
- 34. He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
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