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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 to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
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 you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
Will he make a covenant with you
to take him for your servant forever?
to take him for your servant forever?
Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?
Or will you leash him for your 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?
Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
Or his head with fishing spears?
Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
or his head with fishing spears?
Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle —
Never do it again!
Remember the battle —
Never do it again!
Lay your hands on him;
remember the battle — you will not do it again!
remember the battle — you will not do it again!
Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.
Who then is able to stand against Me?
Who then is able to stand against 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 has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.
Everything under 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 keep silence concerning his limbs,
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
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,
With his terrible teeth all around?
With his terrible teeth all around?
Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
Around his teeth is terror.
One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
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 and cannot be parted.
They stick together and cannot be parted.
They are joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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 lights;
Sparks of fire shoot out.
Sparks of fire shoot out.
Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
sparks of fire leap forth.
Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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 kindles coals,
And a flame goes out of his mouth.
And a flame goes 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 abides strength,
and terror dances before him.
and terror dances before him.
The folds of his flesh are joined together;
They are firm on him and cannot be moved.
They are firm on him and 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 hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
His heart is hard as a stone,
hard as the lower millstone.
hard as the lower millstone.
Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
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 regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.
And bronze 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 become like stubble to him.
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
The arrow cannot make him flee;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
He spreads pointed marks in 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 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 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 leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.
One would think the deep had white hair.
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.
On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.
Which is made without fear.
On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
a creature without fear.