Job 41

¹Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

²Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

³Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?

⁴Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁶Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?

⁷Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?

⁸Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!

⁹Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?

¹¹Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

¹²I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.

¹³Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

¹⁵The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.