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¹ Can you pull in Leviathan^(C1) with a hook^(C2)2 Can you put a cord^(F1) through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?^(C1)3 Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?⁴ Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?^(C1)5 Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash^(F1) for your girls?⁶ Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?⁷ Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?⁸ Lay a^(F1) hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!⁹ Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?¹⁰ No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;^(C1)
who then can stand against me?¹¹ Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.^(C1)

¹² I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.¹³ Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?^(F1)(C1)14 Who can open his jaws,^(F1)
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?¹⁵ His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.¹⁶ One scale is so close to another^(F1)
that no air can pass between them.¹⁷ They are joined to one another,
so closely connected^(F1) they cannot be separated.¹⁸ His snorting^(F1) flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays^(F2) of dawn.¹⁹ Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!²⁰ Smoke billows from his nostrils^(C1)
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.²¹ His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.²² Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.²³ The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal^(F1) and immovable.²⁴ His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!²⁵ When Leviathan rises, the mighty^(F1) are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.²⁶ The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.²⁷ He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.²⁸ No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.²⁹ A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs^(C1) at the sound of a javelin.³⁰ His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.^(C1)31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.³² He leaves a shining wake behind him;^(F1)
one would think the deep had gray hair!³³ He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!³⁴ He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.^(F1)