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God's Power Shown in Creatures
Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
Will it beg you for mercy
or implore you for pity?
or implore you for pity?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
Will it agree to work for you,
to be your slave for life?
to be your slave for life?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Can you make it a pet like a bird,
or give it to your little girls to play with?
or give it to your little girls to play with?
Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
Will merchants try to buy it
to sell it in their shops?
to sell it in their shops?
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?
or its head by a harpoon?
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, -- do no more!
If you lay a hand on it,
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won’t try that again!
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won’t try that again!
Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
who then can stand up to me?
Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
Everything under heaven is mine.
I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
Who could pry open its jaws?
For its teeth are terrible!
For its teeth are terrible!
The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
that no air can get between them.
They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
“When it sneezes, it flashes light!
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
Lightning leaps from its mouth;
flames of fire flash out.
flames of fire flash out.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Its breath would kindle coals,
for flames shoot from its mouth.
for flames shoot from its mouth.
In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck
strikes terror wherever it goes.
strikes terror wherever it goes.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
Its flesh is hard and firm
and cannot be penetrated.
and cannot be penetrated.
His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.
hard as a millstone.
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
gripped by terror.
gripped by terror.
If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.
no spear, dart, or javelin.
He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.
and bronze is like rotten wood.
The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Arrows cannot make it flee.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
making the sea look white.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
no other creature so fearless.