1 C an you draw out the leviathan (the crocodile) with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

«أتَقدِرُ أنْ تَسحَبَ لَوِياثانَ مِنَ الماءِ بِصِنّارَةٍ؟ أوْ تَقدِرُ أنْ تَربِطَ فَكَّيهِ بِحَبلٍ؟

2 C an you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook or a spike?

أتَقدِرُ أنْ تَضَعَ رِباطاً فِي أنفِهِ؟ وَهَلْ تَقدِرُ أنْ تَختَرِقَ فَكَّهُ بِخَطّافٍ؟

3 W ill he make many supplications to you ? Will he speak soft words to you ?

أيَسْتَرْحِمُكَ، أوْ يُحاوِلُ أنْ يُرضِيَكَ لِتَعفُو عَنهُ؟

4 W ill he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever?

أيَقطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهداً؟ أتَتَّخِذُهُ عَبداً لَكَ دائِماً؟

5 W ill you play with as with a bird? Or will you put him on a leash for your maidens?

أتُلاعِبُهُ كَعُصفُورٍ؟ أتَرْبِطُهُ لِتَتَفَرَّجَ عَلَيهِ فَتَياتُكَ؟

6 W ill traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?

هَلْ يُساوِمُ الصَّيادُونَ عَلَى شِرائِهِ؟ وَهَلْ يُقَسِّمُونَهُ بَينَ التُّجّارِ؟

7 C an you fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?

أتَملأُ جِلدَهُ حِراباً، وَرَأسَهُ رِماحاً؟

8 L ay your hand upon him! Remember your battle with him; you will not do again!

«المِسْهُ مَرَّةً، وَانْظُرْ أيَّةَ مَعْرَكَةٍ سَتُواجِهُ! لَنْ تَمَسَّهُ ثَانِيَةً!

9 B ehold, the hope of is disappointed; one is cast down even at the sight of him!

حَقّاً يَخِيبُ أمَلُ الإنْسانِ فِي إخْضاعِهِ. إذْ يَقَعُ أرْضاً لِمُجَرَّدِ رُؤيَتِهِ.

10 N o one is so fierce that he dares to stir up; who then is he who can stand before Me ?

ما مِنْ شُجاعٍ يَجْرُؤُ أنْ يُوقِظَهُ، فَمَنْ يَقِفُ بِوَجهِي أنا؟

11 W ho has first given to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heavens is Mine.

مَنْ واجَهَنِي وَرَبِحَ؟ كُلُّ شَيءٍ تَحتَ السَّماءِ لِي.

12 I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

«لَنْ أسكُتَ عَنِ الحَدِيثِ عَنْ أطرافِهِ أوْ قُوَّتِهِ العَظِيمَةِ أوْ شَكلِهِ الجَمِيلِ.

13 W ho can strip off outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

مَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَخلَعَ عَنهُ ثَوبَهُ الخارِجِيَّ؟ مَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَختَرِقَ دِرْعَهُ المُزدَوَجَ؟

14 W ho can open the doors of his mouth? His teeth are terrible round about.

مَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَفتَحَ فَكَّيهِ الجَبّارَيْنِ؟ فَأسنانُهُ دائِرَةُ رُعْبٍ.

15 H is scales are pride, shut up together a tight seal;

ظَهرُهُ مِثلَ صُفُوفٍ مِنَ الدُّرُوعِ المُغلَقَةِ بِإحكامٍ كَما بِخَتْمٍ.

16 O ne is so near to another that no air can come between them.

قَريبٌ أحَدُها مِنَ الآخَرِ، فَلا تَستَطِيعُ الرِّيحُ أنْ تَدخُلَ بَينَها.

17 T hey are joined one to another; they stick together so that they cannot be separated.

وَيَتَّصِلُ أحَدُها بِالآخَرِ، فَتَتَشابَكُ وَلا تَنفَصِلُ.

18 H is sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.

عِطاسُهُ يُشْبِهُ وَميضَ النُّورِ، وَالشَّرُّ فِي عَينَيهِ مِثلُ أشِعَّةِ الفَجْرِ.

19 O ut of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.

مِنْ فَمِهِ تَخرُجُ مَشاعِلُ لَهَبٍ، تَنفَلِتُ كَالشَّرارِ!

20 O ut of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot over a fire of rushes.

وَمِنْ أنفِهِ يَخْرُجُ دُخّانٌ، كَأنَّهُ بُخارٌ مِنْ قِدْرٍ يَغلِي فَوقَ نارٍ مِنْ قَصَبٍ.

21 H is breath kindles coals, and a flame goes forth from his mouth.

نَفَسُهُ يُشعِلُ الجَمْرَ، وَمِنْ فَمِهِ يَخرُجُ لَهَبٌ.

22 I n neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.

فِي عُنُقِهِ قُوَّةٌ هائِلَةٌ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَراهُ يَرتَعِبُ.

23 T he folds of his flesh cleave together; they are firm upon him, and they cannot shake.

طَيّاتُ جِلْدِهِ مُتَلاصِقَةٌ، لا يُمكِنُ فَصلُها.

24 H is heart is as firm as a stone, indeed, as solid as a nether millstone.

قَلبُهُ مَسبُوكٌ كَصَخرَةٍ. كَحَجَرِ الرَّحَى السُّفلِي فَلا يَتَزَحزَحُ.

25 W hen raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of terror and the crashing they are beside themselves.

يَنهَضُ فَيَخافُ حَتَّى الأقوِياءُ، وَيَرتَبِكُونَ مِنَ الضَرَباتِ الشَّدِيدَةِ.

26 E ven if one strikes at him with the sword, it cannot get any hold, nor does the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

يَصِلُ إلَيهِ السَّيفُ وَلا يُخْتَرِقُ جِلْدَهُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الحَربَةُ وَالسَّهمُ وَالرُّمحُ.

27 H e counts iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

الحَدِيدُ عِندَهُ كَالقَشِّ، وَالنُّحاسُ كَالخَشَبِ المَنخُورِ.

28 T he arrow cannot make flee; slingstones are treated by him as stubble.

لا يَهرُبُ مِنْ سَهمٍ، وَحِجارَةُ المِقلاعِ تَرتَدُّ عَنهُ كَالقَشِّ.

29 C lubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.

إنْ ضَرَبَتهُ عَصاً غَليظَةٌ، يَحْسَبُها قَشَّةً، وَيَهزَأُ بِأصْواتِ الرِّماحِ.

30 H is underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he spreads a threshing sledge upon the mire.

بَطنُهُ أشبَهُ بِشَظايا فَخّارٍ مُكَسَّرَةٍ حادَّةٍ، يَترُكُ عَلاماتٍ فِي الوَحلِ كَدَرّاسَةٍ.

31 H e makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

يُقَلِّبُ البَحرَ كَحِساءٍ يَغلِي فِي قِدْرٍ، وَيَجعَلُ البَحرَ يُزْبِدُ كَقِدْرٍ تُمزَجُ فِيهِ المَراهِمُ.

32 m akes a shining track behind him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

يَتْرُكُ أثَراً خَلْفَهُ، فَتَظُنُّ البَحرَ العَمِيقَ أشْيَبَ!

33 U pon earth there is not equal, a creature made without fear and he behaves fearlessly.

هُوَ بِلا نَظِيرٍ عَلَى الأرْضِ، مَخلُوقٌ بِلا خَوفٍ.

34 H e looks all mighty in the face; he is monarch over all the sons of pride. '> who are you who dares not arouse the unmastered crocodile, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s Creator, to My face? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]

يَحتَقِرُ كُلَّ مُتَعالٍ هُوَ مَلِكٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مَخلُوقٍ مُتَكَبِّرٍ.»