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

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2 C anst thou put a hook into his nose or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

3 W ill he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?

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

4 W ill he make a covenant with thee that thou shall take him for a slave for ever?

Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

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

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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

Will the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

7 C anst thou cut his skin with knives or his head with a fish spear?

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

8 L ay thine hand upon him; thou shalt remember the battle and do no more.

Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

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

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

10 N o one is so bold as to dare stir him up; who then shall be able to stand before me?

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

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

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

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

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

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

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

14 W ho shall open the doors of his face? The orders of his teeth are terrible.

Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

15 H is scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

His strong 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, that they cannot be separated.

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

18 B y his sneezings lights are lit, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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

Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.

20 O ut of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.

21 H is breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

22 I n his neck dwells strength, and before him the work is undone.

In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

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

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

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

His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

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

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

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

If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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

He counteth iron as straw, And brass as rotten wood.

28 T he arrow cannot make him flee; with him, slingstones are turned into stubble.

The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

29 H e counts any weapon as stubble; he laughs at the shaking of a spear.

Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

30 B roken clay vessels are under him; he carves his imprint upon the mire.

His underparts are like sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.

31 H e makes the deep to 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 H e makes the path shine after 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 his like, who behaves without fear.

Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.

34 H e despises all exalted things; he is king over all the sons of pride.

He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.