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“Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
Can you put a cord through its nose
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
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 it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
Will it beg you for mercy
or implore you for pity?
or implore you for pity?
Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?
for you to take it as your slave for life?
Will it agree to work for you,
to be your slave for life?
to be your slave for life?
Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
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?
Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
Will merchants try to buy it
to sell it in their shops?
to sell it in their shops?
Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?
or its head with fishing spears?
Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?
or its head by a harpoon?
If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
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!
Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.
the mere sight of it is overpowering.
No one is fierce enough to rouse it.
Who then is able to stand against me?
Who then is able to stand against me?
And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
who then can stand up to me?
Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
Everything under heaven is mine.
“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
its strength and its graceful form.
“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
Who dares open the doors of its mouth,
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
Who could pry open its jaws?
For its teeth are terrible!
For its teeth are terrible!
each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
that no air can pass between.
They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
that no air can get between them.
They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
they cling together and cannot be parted.
Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
“When it sneezes, it flashes light!
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Flames stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
sparks of fire shoot out.
Lightning leaps from its mouth;
flames of fire flash out.
flames of fire flash out.
Smoke pours from its nostrils
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
Its breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.
and flames dart from its mouth.
Its breath would kindle coals,
for flames shoot from its mouth.
for flames shoot from its mouth.
Strength resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
dismay goes before it.
“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck
strikes terror wherever it goes.
strikes terror wherever it goes.
The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
they are firm and immovable.
Its flesh is hard and firm
and cannot be penetrated.
and cannot be penetrated.
Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.
hard as a lower millstone.
Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.
hard as a millstone.
When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before its thrashing.
they retreat before its thrashing.
When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
gripped by terror.
gripped by terror.
The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.
no spear, dart, or javelin.
Iron it treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.
and bronze like rotten wood.
Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.
and bronze is like rotten wood.
Arrows do not make it flee;
slingstones are like chaff to it.
slingstones are like chaff to it.
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.
A club seems to it but a piece of straw;
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
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.
It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
and stirs up 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.
It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
one would think the deep had white hair.
The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
making the sea look white.
Nothing on earth is its equal —
a creature without fear.
a creature without fear.
Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
no other creature so fearless.