1Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a cord which you let down? 2Can you put a reed rope through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak gentle words to you? 4Will he make a covenant with you? Will you capture him as a slave forever? 5Will you play with him as with a bird, or will you bind him on a leash for your maidens? 6Will your associates bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? 7Can you fill his skin with barbs, or his head with fishing spears? 8Lay your hand upon him; remember the battle; you will not do it again! 9Behold, any hope regarding him is false; shall one not be thrown down at the mere sight of him? 10No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand before Me? 11Who has anticipated Me, that I should repay? Everything under the heavens is Mine. 12I will not keep silent with lies about his mighty utterances, or his graceful proportions. 13Who has laid bare the face of his apparel? Who can come upon him with a double bridle? 14Who has opened the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? 15His rows of shields are his pride, closed up as a tight seal; 16one is so near another that no air can come between them; 17they are joined one to another, they stick together and cannot be separated. 18His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. 19Out of his mouth go burning torches; sparks of fire shoot out. 20Smoke goes out of his nostrils, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. 21His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. 22Strength abides in his neck, and sorrow dances before him. 23The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him and cannot be moved. 24His heart is cast hard as stone, even cast hard as the lower millstone. 25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of his crashings they are beside themselves. 26Though the sword overtakes him, it does not stick; nor does spear, dart, or javelin. 27He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. 28The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned into stubble by him. 29Darts are regarded as straw; he laughs at the rattling of javelins. 30His undersides are like sharp potsherds; he spreads sharp marks in the mire. 31He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. 32He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep was gray-headed. 33On earth there is nothing like him, which is made without fear. 34He beholds every high thing; he is king over all the children of pride.