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

¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook or with the cord which thou lettest down on his tongue?

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

Canst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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

Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

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

Will he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?

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

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or wilt thou tie him up for thy maidens?

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

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? Shall they part him among the merchants?

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

Canst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?

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

Lay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.

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

Behold, your hope regarding him shall fail; for even at the sight of him they shall faint.

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

No one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

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

¶ Who has preceded me, that I should repay him? All that is under the whole heaven is mine.

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

I will not conceal his lies, nor his might, nor the beauty of his order.

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

Who shall uncover the face of his garment? Or who shall come to him with a double bridle?

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

Who shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.

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

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

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

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

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

They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be separated.

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

By his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

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

Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

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

His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

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

In his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.

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

The failings of his flesh are joined together; his flesh is firm in him and does not move.

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

His heart is as firm as a stone; as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.

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

Of his greatness, the mighty are afraid; by reason of breakings they remove sin from themselves.

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.

When one catches up to him, no sword or spear or dart or coat of mail shall endure against him.

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

He esteems iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

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

The arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.

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

He counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.

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

Broken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.

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

He makes the deep to boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

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

He makes the path shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

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

Upon earth there is not his like, who behaves without fear.

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?]

He despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.