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^1 (a)Can you catch Leviathan^[a] with a fishhook
    or tie his tongue down with a rope?
² Can you put a rope through his snout
    or put a hook through his jaws?
³ Will he beg you to let him go?
    Will he plead with you for mercy?
⁴ Will he make an agreement with you
    and promise to serve you forever?
⁵ Will you tie him like a pet bird,
    like something to amuse your servant women?
⁶ Will fishermen bargain over him?
    Will merchants cut him up to sell?
⁷ Can you fill his hide with fishing spears
    or pierce his head with a harpoon?
⁸ Touch him once and you'll never try it again;
    you'll never forget the fight!

⁹ Anyone who sees Leviathan
    loses courage and falls to the ground.
¹⁰ When he is aroused, he is fierce;
    no one would dare to stand before him.
¹¹ Who can attack him and still be safe?
    No one in all the world can do it.^[b]

¹² Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs
    and describe how great and strong he is.
¹³ No one can tear off his outer coat
    or pierce the armor^[c] he wears.
¹⁴ Who can make him open his jaws,
    ringed with those terrifying teeth?
¹⁵ His back^[d] is made of rows of shields,
    fastened together and hard as stone.
¹⁶ Each one is joined so tight to the next,
    not even a breath can come between.
¹⁷ They all are fastened so firmly together
    that nothing can ever pull them apart.
¹⁸ Light flashes when he sneezes,
    and his eyes glow like the rising sun.
¹⁹ Flames blaze from his mouth,
    and streams of sparks fly out.
²⁰ Smoke comes pouring out of his nose,
    like smoke from weeds burning under a pot.
²¹ His breath starts fires burning;
    flames leap out of his mouth.
²² His neck is so powerful
    that all who meet him are terrified.
²³ There is not a weak spot in his skin;
    it is as hard and unyielding as iron.
²⁴ His stony heart is without fear,
    as unyielding and hard as a millstone.
²⁵ When he rises up, even the strongest^[e] are frightened;
    they are helpless with fear.
²⁶ There is no sword that can wound him;
    no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him.
²⁷ For him iron is as flimsy as straw,
    and bronze as soft as rotten wood.
²⁸ There is no arrow that can make him run;
    rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw.
²⁹ To him a club is a piece of straw,
    and he laughs when men throw spears.
³⁰ The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery;
    they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.^[f]
31 He churns up the sea like boiling water
    and makes it bubble like a pot of oil.
³² He leaves a shining path behind him
    and turns the sea to white foam.
³³ There is nothing on earth to compare with him;
    he is a creature that has no fear.
³⁴ He looks down on even the proudest animals;
    he is king of all wild beasts.