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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 beg you for mercy
or implore you for pity?
or implore you for pity?
Will he make many supplications to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
Will he speak softly to you?
Will it agree to work for you,
to be your slave for life?
to be your slave for life?
Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
Will you take him as a servant forever?
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 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 merchants try to buy it
to sell it in their shops?
to sell it in their shops?
Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?
or its head by a harpoon?
Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
Or his head with fishing spears?
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!
Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle —
Never do it again!
Remember the battle —
Never 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?
And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
who then can stand up to me?
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?
Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
Everything under heaven is mine.
Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.
Everything under heaven is Mine.
“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
Who could pry open its jaws?
For its teeth are terrible!
For its teeth are terrible!
Who can open the doors of his face,
With his terrible teeth all around?
With his terrible teeth all around?
They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
that no air can get between them.
One is so near another
That no air can come between them;
That no air can come between them;
Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
They are joined one to another,
They stick together and cannot be parted.
They stick together and cannot be parted.
“When it sneezes, it flashes light!
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
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.
Lightning leaps from its mouth;
flames of fire flash out.
flames of fire flash out.
Out of his mouth go burning lights;
Sparks of fire shoot out.
Sparks of fire shoot out.
Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
Smoke goes out of his nostrils,
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
Its breath would kindle coals,
for flames shoot from its mouth.
for flames shoot from its mouth.
His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes out of his mouth.
And a flame goes out of his mouth.
“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck
strikes terror wherever it goes.
strikes terror wherever it goes.
Its flesh is hard and firm
and cannot be penetrated.
and cannot be penetrated.
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.
Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.
hard as a millstone.
His heart is as hard as stone,
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
Even as hard as the lower millstone.
When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
gripped by terror.
gripped by terror.
No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.
no spear, dart, or javelin.
Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail;
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.
Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.
and bronze is like rotten wood.
He regards iron as straw,
And bronze as rotten wood.
And bronze as rotten wood.
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.
The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
Slingstones become like stubble to him.
Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
Darts are regarded as straw;
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
He laughs at the threat of javelins.
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.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.
“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 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.
The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
making the sea look white.
He leaves a shining wake behind him;
One would think the deep had white hair.
One would think the deep had white hair.
Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
no other creature so fearless.
On earth there is nothing like him,
Which is made without fear.
Which is made without fear.