411 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook ? Or press down his tongue with a cord ? 2 "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook ? 3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words ? 4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever ? 5 "Will you play with him as with a bird , Or will you bind him for your maidens ? 6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants ? 7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons , Or his head with fishing spears ? 8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle ; you will not do it again ! 9 "Behold , your expectation is false ; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? 10 "No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?
11 "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 , Or his mighty strength , or his orderly frame . 13 "Who can strip off his outer armor ? Who can come within his double mail ? 14 "Who can open the doors of his face ? Around his teeth there is terror . 15 "His strong scales are his pride , Shut up as with a tight seal . 16 "One is so near to another That no air can come between them. 17 "They are joined one to another ; They clasp each other and cannot be separated . 18 "His sneezes flash forth light , And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning . 19 "Out of his mouth go burning torches ; Sparks of fire leap forth . 20 "Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes . 21 "His breath kindles coals , And a flame goes forth from his mouth . 22 "In his neck lodges strength , And dismay leaps before him. 23 "The folds of his flesh are joined together , Firm on him and immovable e . 24 "His heart is as hard as a stone , Even as hard as a lower millstone . 25 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear ; Because of the crashing they are bewildered . 26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail , Nor the spear , the dart or the javelin . 27 "He regards iron as straw , Bronze as rotten wood . 28 "The arrow cannot make him flee ; Slingstones e are turned into stubble for him. 29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble ; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin . 30 "His underparts are like sharp potsherds ; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire . 31 "He makes the depths boil like a pot ; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment . 32 "Behind him he makes a wake to shine ; One would think the deep to be gray-haired . 33 " Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear . 34 "He looks on everything that is high ; He is king over all the sons of pride ."
