1 “ Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

“ Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

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

“Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 W ill he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

“Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?

4 W ill he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

“Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?

5 W ill you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

“Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?

6 W ill traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

“Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?

7 C an you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

“Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8 L ay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

“Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

9 B ehold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

“ Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

10 N one is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?

11 W ho has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him ? Whatever 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 keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

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

“Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?

14 W ho can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

“Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.

15 S trong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.

“ His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight 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 to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

“They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

18 H is sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

“His sneezes flash forth light, 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 torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.

20 O ut of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

21 H is breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.

“His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

22 T here is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

“In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.

23 T he flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

“The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.

24 H is heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

“His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.

25 W hen he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

26 I f one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

“The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

27 H e counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

“He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.

28 T he arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

“The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

29 C lubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.

“Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.

30 H is undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

“His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.

31 H e makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

“He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.

32 H e makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

“Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.

33 O n earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

“ Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.

34 H e sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”

“ He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride.”