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God's Power Shown in Creatures
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
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?
Can you put a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Will he make many pleas to you?
Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Will he make a covenant with you
to take him for your servant forever?
to take him for your servant forever?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
or his head with fishing spears?
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Lay your hands on him;
remember the battle — you will not do it again!
remember the battle — you will not do it again!
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?
No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
Who then is he who can stand before me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who would come near him with a bridle?
Who would come near him with a bridle?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
Around his teeth is terror.
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.
One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
that no air can come between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
His sneezings flash forth light,
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
sparks of fire leap forth.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
His breath kindles coals,
and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
In his neck abides strength,
and terror dances before him.
and terror dances before him.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
The folds of his flesh stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.
firmly cast on him and immovable.
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
His heart is hard as a stone,
hard as the lower millstone.
hard as the lower 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.
Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
and bronze as rotten wood.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
The arrow cannot make him flee;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
He makes the deep boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
one would think the deep to be white-haired.
one would think the deep to be white-haired.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
a creature without fear.