Job 41:1-24

41¹ "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? ² Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? ⁴ Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? ⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? ⁶ Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion 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-- Never do it again! ⁹ Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? ¹⁰ No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

¹¹ Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. ¹² "I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. ¹³ Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? ¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? ¹⁵ His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal; ¹⁶ One is so near another That no air can come between them; ¹⁷ They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. ¹⁸ His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. ¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. ²⁰ Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. ²¹ His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. ²² Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. ²³ The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. ²⁴ His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.