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 an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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

Canst thou put an 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? wilt thou take him for a servant 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 bind him 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 fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

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

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is 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 hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever 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 parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

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

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

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

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

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 sundered.

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

By his neesings a light doth shine, 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 goeth 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 kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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

In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

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

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

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; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

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

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify 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.

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

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

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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

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

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

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth 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.

Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

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

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

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

He maketh a path to 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 is made 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 beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.