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  • a “Can you draw out Leviathanb with a fishhook
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
  • God’s Power in the Leviathan

    “Can you draw out Leviathan[a] with a hook,
    Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
  • Can you put a rope in his nose
    or pierce his jaw with a hook?
  • Can you put a reed through his nose,
    Or pierce his jaw with a [b]hook?
  • Will he make many pleas to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
  • Will he make many supplications to you?
    Will he speak softly to you?
  • Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for your servant forever?
  • Will he make a covenant with you?
    Will you take him as a servant forever?
  • Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
  • Will you play with him as with a bird,
    Or will you leash him for your maidens?
  • Will traders bargain over him?
    Will they divide him up among the merchants?
  • Will your companions [c]make a banquet of him?
    Will they apportion him among the merchants?
  • Can you fill his skin with harpoons
    or his head with fishing spears?
  • Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
    Or his head with fishing spears?
  • Lay your hands on him;
    remember the battle — you will not do it again!
  • Lay your hand on him;
    Remember the battle —
    Never do it again!
  • c Behold, the hope of a man is false;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
  • Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
    Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
  • No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?
  • No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
    Who then is able to stand against Me?
  • Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
    Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
  • Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
    Everything under heaven is Mine.
  • “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
    or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
  • “I will not [d]conceal his limbs,
    His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.
  • Who can strip off his outer garment?
    Who would come near him with a bridle?
  • Who can [e]remove his outer coat?
    Who can approach him with a double bridle?
  • Who can open the doors of his face?
    Around his teeth is terror.
  • Who can open the doors of his face,
    With his terrible teeth all around?
  • His back is made ofd rows of shields,
    shut up closely as with a seal.
  • His rows of [f]scales are his pride,
    Shut up tightly as with a seal;
  • One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
  • One is so near another
    That no air can come between them;
  • They are joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
  • They are joined one to another,
    They stick together and cannot be parted.
  • His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
  • His sneezings flash forth light,
    And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
  • Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
    sparks of fire leap forth.
  • Out of his mouth go burning lights;
    Sparks of fire shoot out.
  • Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
    as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
  • Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
    As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
  • His breath kindles coals,
    and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
  • His breath kindles coals,
    And a flame goes out of his mouth.
  • In his neck abides strength,
    and terror dances before him.
  • Strength dwells in his neck,
    And [g]sorrow dances before him.
  • The folds of his flesh stick together,
    firmly cast on him and immovable.
  • The folds of his flesh are joined together;
    They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
  • His heart is hard as a stone,
    hard as the lower millstone.
  • His heart is as hard as stone,
    Even as hard as the lower millstone.
  • When he raises himself up, the mightye are afraid;
    at the crashing they are beside themselves.
  • When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
    Because of his crashings they [h]are beside themselves.
  • Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
    nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
  • Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
    Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
  • He counts iron as straw,
    and bronze as rotten wood.
  • He regards iron as straw,
    And bronze as rotten wood.
  • The arrow cannot make him flee;
    for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
  • The arrow cannot make him flee;
    Slingstones become like stubble to him.
  • Clubs are counted as stubble;
    he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
  • Darts are regarded as straw;
    He laughs at the threat of javelins.
  • His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
    he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
  • His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
    He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
  • He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
  • He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
  • Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
    one would think the deep to be white-haired.
  • He leaves a shining wake behind him;
    One would think the deep had white hair.
  • On earth there is not his like,
    a creature without fear.
  • On earth there is nothing like him,
    Which is made without fear.
  • He sees everything that is high;
    he is king over all the sons of pride.”
  • He beholds every high thing;
    He is king over all the children of pride.”

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