Canst thou draw out leviathan
with an hook
? or his tongue
with a cord
which thou lettest down
?
Canst thou put an hook
into his nose
? or bore
his jaw
through with a thorn
?
Will he make many supplications
unto thee? will he speak
soft
words unto thee?
Will he make a covenant
with thee? wilt thou take
him for a servant
for ever
?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird
? or wilt thou bind
him for thy maidens
?
Shall the companions make a banquet
of him? shall they part
him among the merchants
?
Canst thou fill his skin
with barbed irons
? or his head
with fish
spears
?
Lay thine hand
upon him, remember
the battle
, do no more
.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain
: shall not one be cast down
even at the sight
of him?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up
: who then is able to stand
before
me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay
him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven
is mine.
I will not conceal his parts
, nor his power
, nor his comely
proportion
.
Who can discover the face
of his garment
? or who can come
to him with his double
bridle
?
Who can open the doors
of his face
? his teeth
are terrible
round about
.
His scales are his pride
, shut up together
as with a close
seal
.
One is so near
to another
, that no air
can come
between them.
They are joined one
to another
, they stick together
, that they cannot be sundered
.
By his neesings a light
doth shine
, and his eyes
are like the eyelids
of the morning
.
Out of his mouth go
burning lamps
, and sparks
of fire
leap out
.
Out of his nostrils goeth
smoke
, as out of a seething
pot
or caldron
.
His breath kindleth
coals
, and a flame
goeth out
of his mouth
.
In his neck remaineth
strength
, and sorrow
is turned into joy
before
him.
The flakes of his flesh
are joined together
: they are firm
in themselves; they cannot be moved
.
His heart is as firm
as a stone
; yea, as hard
as a piece
of the nether
millstone .
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty
are afraid
: by reason of breakings
they purify
themselves.
The sword of him that layeth
at him cannot hold
: the spear
, the dart
, nor the habergeon
.
He esteemeth iron
as straw
, and brass
as rotten
wood
.
The arrow cannot make him flee
: slingstones
are turned
with him into stubble
.
Darts are counted
as stubble
: he laugheth
at the shaking
of a spear
.
Sharp stones
are under him: he spreadeth
sharp pointed things
upon the mire
.
He maketh the deep to boil
like a pot
: he maketh
the sea
like a pot of ointment
.
He maketh a path to shine
after
him; one would think
the deep
to be hoary
.
Upon earth there is not his like
, who is made
without
fear
.
He beholdeth all high
things : he is a king
over all the children
of pride
.