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[1]Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
[2]Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
[3]Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
[4]Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
[5]Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
[6]Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
[7]Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
[8]Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
[9]Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
[10]None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
[11]Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
[12]I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
[13]Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
[14]Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
[15]His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
[16]One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
[17]They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
[18]By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
[19]Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
[20]Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
[21]His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
[22]In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
[23]The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
[24]His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
[25]When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
[26]The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
[27]He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
[28]The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
[29]Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
[30]Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
[31]He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
[32]He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
[33]Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
[34]He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
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