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41:1  “Can you drag out Leviathan with a fishhook, And press down his tongue with a rope?
41:2  Can you put a rope in his nose, And pierce his jaw with a hook?
41:3  Will he make many pleas to you, Or will he speak to you gentle words?
41:4  Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?
41:5  Will you play with him as with a bird, And tie him down for your young girls?
41:6  Will the traders bargain for 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 hurled down even at the sight of him?
41:10  No one is so reckless that he dares to stir him; Who then is he who opposes Me?
41:11  Who has been first to give to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the entire heaven is Mine.
41:12  “I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.
41:13  Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can pierce his double armor?
41:14  Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
41:15  His strong scales are his pride, Locked as with a tight seal.
41:16  One is so close 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 eye of dawn.
41:19  From his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
41:20  From his nostrils smoke goes out As from a boiling pot and burning reeds.
41:21  His breath sets coals aglow, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
41:22  In his neck dwells strength, And dismay leaps before him.
41:23  The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm and immovable on him.
41:24  His heart is as firm as a stone, And as firm as a lower millstone.
41:25  When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
41:26  The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, 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 pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
41:31  He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
41:32  Behind him he illuminates a pathway; 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.”