| 1. | Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue? |
| 2. | Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw? |
| 3. | Doth he multiply unto thee supplications? Doth he speak unto thee tender things? |
| 4. | Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during? |
| 5. | Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels? |
| 6. | (Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!) |
| 7. | Dost thou fill with barbed irons his skin? And with fish-spears his head? |
| 8. | Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add! |
| 9. | Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down? |
| 10. | None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who `is' he before Me stationeth himself? |
| 11. | Who hath brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it `is' mine. |
| 12. | I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement. |
| 13. | Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter? |
| 14. | The doors of his face who hath opened? Round about his teeth `are' terrible. |
| 15. | A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal. |
| 16. | One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them. |
| 17. | One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated. |
| 18. | His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes `are' as the eyelids of the dawn. |
| 19. | Out of his mouth do flames go, sparks of fire escape. |
| 20. | Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, As a blown pot and reeds. |
| 21. | His breath setteth coals on fire, And a flame from his mouth goeth forth. |
| 22. | In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult. |
| 23. | The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved. |
| 24. | His heart `is' firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece. |
| 25. | From his rising are the mighty afraid, From breakings they keep themselves free. |
| 26. | The sword of his overtaker standeth not, Spear -- dart -- and lance. |
| 27. | He reckoneth iron as straw, brass as rotten wood. |
| 28. | The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling. |
| 29. | As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. |
| 30. | Under him `are' sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire. |
| 31. | He causeth to boil as a pot the deep, The sea he maketh as a pot of ointment. |
| 32. | After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary. |
| 33. | There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror. |
| 34. | Every high thing he doth see, He `is' king over all sons of pride. |