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1. Whoever might vainly hope to do so need only see him to be overthrown.
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1. Canst thou draw out H4900 leviathan H3882 with a hook H2443 ? or his tongue H3956 with a cord H2256 which thou lettest down H8257 ?
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2. Is he not relentless when aroused; who then dares stand before him?
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2. Canst thou put H7760 a hook H100 into his nose H639 ? or bore H5344 his jaw H3895 through with a thorn H2336 ?
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3. Who has assailed him and come off safe-- Who under all the heavens?
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3. Will he make many H7235 supplications H8469 unto H413 thee? will he speak H1696 soft H7390 words unto H413 thee?
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4. I need hardly mention his limbs, his strength, and the fitness of his armor.
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4. Will he make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 thee? wilt thou take H3947 him for a servant H5650 forever H5769 ?
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5. Who can strip off his outer garment, or penetrate his double corselet?
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5. Wilt thou play H7832 with him as with a bird H6833 ? or wilt thou bind H7194 him for thy maidens H5291 ?
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6. Who can force open the doors of his mouth, close to his terrible teeth?
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6. Shall the companions H2271 make a banquet H3738 of H5921 him? shall they part H2673 him among H996 the merchants H3669 ?
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7. Rows of scales are on his back, tightly sealed together;
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7. Canst thou fill H4390 his skin H5785 with barbed irons H7905 ? or his head H7218 with fish H1709 spears H6767 ?
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8. They are fitted each so close to the next that no space intervenes;
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8. Lay H7760 thine hand H3709 upon H5921 him, remember H2142 the battle H4421 , do no H408 more H3254 .
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9. So joined one to another that they hold fast and cannot be parted.
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9. Behold H2005 , the hope H8431 of him is in vain H3576 : shall not one be cast down H2904 even H1571 at H413 the sight H4758 of him?
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10. When he sneezes, light flashes forth; his eyes are like those of the dawn.
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10. None H3808 is so fierce H393 that H3588 dare stir him up H5782 : who H4310 then is able to stand H3320 before H6440 me?
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11. Out of his mouth go forth firebrands; sparks of fire leap forth.
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11. Who H4310 hath prevented H6923 me , that I should repay H7999 him? whatsoever is under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 is mine.
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12. From his nostrils issues steam, as from a seething pot or bowl.
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12. I will not H3808 conceal H2790 his parts H905 , nor H1697 his power H1369 , nor his comely H2433 proportion H6187 .
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13. His breath sets coals afire; a flame pours from his mouth.
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13. Who H4310 can discover H1540 the face H6440 of his garment H3830 ? or who H4310 can come H935 to him with his double H3718 bridle H7448 ?
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14. Strength abides in his neck, and terror leaps before him.
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14. Who H4310 can open H6605 the doors H1817 of his face H6440 ? his teeth H8127 are terrible H367 round about H5439 .
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15. His scales H650 H4043 are his pride H1346 , shut up together H5462 as with a close H6862 seal H2368 .
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16. His heart is hard as stone; his flesh, as the lower millstone.
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16. One H259 is so near H5066 to another H259 , that no H3808 air H7307 can come H935 between H996 them.
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17. When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; the waves of the sea fall back.
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17. They are joined H1692 one H376 to another H251 , they stick together H3920 , that they cannot H3808 be sundered H6504 .
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18. Should the sword reach him, it will not avail; nor will the spear, nor the dart, nor the javelin.
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18. By his sneezes H5846 a light H216 doth shine H1984 , and his eyes H5869 are like the eyelids H6079 of the morning H7837 .
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19. He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
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19. Out of his mouth H4480 H6310 go H1980 burning lamps H3940 , and sparks H3590 of fire H784 leap out H4422 .
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20. The arrow will not put him to flight; slingstones used against him are but straws.
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20. Out of his nostrils H4480 H5156 goeth H3318 smoke H6227 , as out of a seething H5301 pot H1731 or caldron H100 .
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21. Clubs he esteems as splinters; he laughs at the crash of the spear.
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21. His breath H5315 kindleth H3857 coals H1513 , and a flame H3851 goeth out H3318 of his mouth H4480 H6310 .
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22. His belly is sharp as pottery fragments; he spreads like a threshing sledge upon the mire.
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22. In his neck H6677 remaineth H3885 strength H5797 , and sorrow H1670 is turned into joy H1750 before H6440 him.
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23. He makes the depths boil like a pot; the sea he churns like perfume in a kettle.
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23. The flakes H4651 of his flesh H1320 are joined together H1692 : they are firm H3332 in H5921 themselves ; they cannot H1077 be moved H4131 .
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24. Behind him he leaves a shining path; you would think the deep had the hoary head of age.
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24. His heart H3820 is as firm H3332 as H3644 a stone H68 ; yea , as hard H3332 as a piece H6400 of the nether H8482 millstone .
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25. Upon the earth there is not his like, intrepid he was made.
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25. When he raiseth up H4480 H7613 himself , the mighty H410 are afraid H1481 : by reason of breakings H4480 H7667 they purify themselves H2398 .
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26. All, however lofty, fear him; he is king over all proud beasts.
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26. The sword H2719 of him that layeth H5381 at him cannot H1097 hold H6965 : the spear H2595 , the dart H4551 , nor the habergeon H8302 .
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