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41:1  "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
41:2  "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
41:3  "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?
41:4  "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?
41:5  "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?
41:6  "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
41:7  "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
41:8  "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
41:9  "Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
41:10  "No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?
41:11  "Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
41:12  "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
41:13  "Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?
41:14  "Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
41:15  "His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.
41:16  "One is so near to another That no air can come between them.
41:17  "They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
41:18  "His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
41:19  "Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
41:20  "Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
41:21  "His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
41:22  "In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.
41:23  "The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.
41:24  "His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.
41:25  "When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
41:26  "The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
41:27  "He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
41:28  "The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
41:29  "Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
41:30  "His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
41:31  "He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
41:32  "Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
41:33  "Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.
41:34  "He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride."