Canst thou
draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue
with a cord which thou lettest down?
02 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore
his jaw through with a thorn?
03 Will he make many supplications unto thee?
will he speak soft words unto thee?
04 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou
take him for a servant for ever?
05 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
06 Shall the companions make a banquet of him?
shall they part him among the merchants?
07 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or
his head with fish spears?
08 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle,
do no more.
09 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.
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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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