1 “Can you pull Leviathan out ⌞of the water⌟ with a fishhook
2 Can you put a ring through its nose
3 Will it plead with you for mercy
4 Will it make an agreement with you
5 Can you play with it like a bird
6 Will traders bargain over it
7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons
8 Lay your hand on it.
9 Certainly, any hope ⌞of defeating it⌟ is a false hope.
10 No one is brave enough to provoke Leviathan.
11 Who can confront me that I should repay him?
12 “I will not be silent about Leviathan’s limbs,
13 Who can skin its hide?
14 Who can open its closed mouth?
15 Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.
16 One is so close to the other
17 Each is joined to the other.
18 When Leviathan sneezes, it gives out a flash of light.
19 Flames shoot from its mouth.
20 Smoke comes from its nostrils
21 Its breath sets coals on fire,
22 Strength resides in its neck,
23 The folds of its flesh stick to each other.
24 Its chest is solid like a rock,
25 “The mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises.
26 A sword may strike it but not pierce it.
27 It considers iron to be like straw
28 An arrow won’t make it run away.
29 It considers clubs to be like stubble,
30 Its underside is like sharp pieces of broken pottery.
31 It makes the deep sea boil like a pot.
32 It leaves a shining path behind it
33 Nothing on land can compare to it.
34 It looks down on all high things.