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41:1  Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a khakah (fishhook)? Or tie down his leshon with a cord?
41:2  Canst thou put a hook into his af (nose)? Or bore his jaw through with a barb?
41:3  Will he make many tachanunim unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
41:4  Will he make a brit (covenant) with thee? Wilt thou take him for an eved olam?
41:5  Wilt thou play with him as with a pet bird? Or wilt thou leash him for thy na’arot (maidens)?
41:6  Shall traders barter for him? Shall they divide him among the Kena’anim (Canaanites, merchants)?
41:7  Canst thou fill his ohr (skin) with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
41:8  Lay thine hand upon him; remember the milchamah. Thou wilt not do it more.
41:9  See, every tokhelet (expectation) is false; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
41:10  None is so foolhardy that dare stir him up. Mi (who) then is able to stand before Me?
41:11  Mi (who) hath given Me, that I must repay him? Whatsoever is under the kol HaShomayim is Mine.
41:12  I will not keep silent about his members, nor his gevurah, nor the grace of his form.
41:13  Mi (who) can remove his outer garment? Or mi (who) can come near him with a double bridle?
41:14  Mi (who) can open the doors of his face? Terror is round about his teeth.
41:15  His scales are his ga’avah (pride), shut up together as with a rigid chotam (seal).
41:16  One is so near to another, that no ruach (air) can pass between them.
41:17  They are joined one to another; they stick together, inseparably.
41:18  By his sneezings ohr flares out, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the shachar.
41:19  Out of his mouth goeth flame, and sparks of eish leap out.
41:20  Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, like a seething pot or caldron.
41:21  His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
41:22  In his neck resideth oz (strength), and terror dances before him.
41:23  The flanks of his basar are joined together; they are firm in themselves, immoveable.
41:24  His lev (chest) is as firm as an even (stone); yea, as hard as the lower millstone.
41:25  When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; shuddering they retreat.
41:26  The cherev of him that reacheth at him cannot hold—the spear, the dart, nor the harpoon.
41:27  He esteemeth barzel (iron) like straw, and nechoshet as rotten wood.
41:28  The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
41:29  Clubs are counted as straw; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:30  Sharp shards are his under parts; he leaveth a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
41:31  He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he stirreth the yam like a pot of ointment.
41:32  He maketh a wake to shine after him; one would think the deep to be white hair.
41:33  Upon earth there is not his equal, who is created without fear.
41:34  He beholdeth all things lofty; he is a melech over every proud beast.