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

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?

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

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

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

Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things?

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

Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?

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

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

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

(Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)

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

Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head?

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

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!

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

Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

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

None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who he before Me stationeth himself?

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

Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it mine.

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

I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.

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

Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter?

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

The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth terrible.

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

A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal.

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

One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

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

One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.

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

His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes as the eyelids of the dawn.

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

Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape.

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 forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds.

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

His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth.

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

In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.

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

The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.

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

His heart firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.

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

From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free.

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 his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance.

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

He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.

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

The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.

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

As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.

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

Under him sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.

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

He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment.

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

After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

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

There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror.

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?]

Every high thing he doth see, He king over all sons of pride.