41:1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? |
41:2 "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
41:3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? |
41:4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? |
41:5 "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? |
41:6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? |
41:7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? |
41:8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! |
41:9 "Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? |
41:10 "No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? |
41:11 "Who has given to Me that I should repay {him?} {Whatever} is under the whole heaven is Mine. |
41:12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. |
41:13 "Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? |
41:14 "Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. |
41:15 "{His} strong scales are {his} pride, Shut up {as with} a tight seal. |
41:16 "One is so near to another That no air can come between them. |
41:17 "They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. |
41:18 "His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
41:19 "Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. |
41:20 "Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As {from} a boiling pot and {burning} rushes. |
41:21 "His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. |
41:22 "In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. |
41:23 "The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. |
41:24 "His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. |
41:25 "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. |
41:26 "The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. |
41:27 "He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. |
41:28 "The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. |
41:29 "Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. |
41:30 "His underparts are {like} sharp potsherds; He spreads out {like} a threshing sledge on the mire. |
41:31 "He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. |
41:32 "Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. |
41:33 "Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. |
41:34 "He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." |