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41:1  “Can you catch Leviathan on a fishhook? Or can you tie his tongue down with a rope?
41:2  Can you put a cord through his nose or put a hook in his jaw?
41:3  Will he keep begging you for mercy? Will he speak to you with gentle words?
41:4  Will he make an agreement with you? Will he let you take him as your slave for life?
41:5  Can you make a pet of Leviathan as you would a bird? Or can you put him on a leash for your girls?
41:6  Will traders try to bargain with you for him? Will they divide him up among the traders?
41:7  Can you stick him with darts until his skin is full of them? Or can you fill his head with fishing spears?
41:8  If you put one hand on him, you will never forget the battle. And you will never do it again!
41:9  There is no hope of defeating him. Just seeing him overwhelms people.
41:10  No one is brave enough to make him angry. So who would be able to stand up against me?
41:11  No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back. Everything under heaven belongs to me.
41:12  “I can silence his bragging. I can silence his brave words and powerful arguments.
41:13  No one can tear off his outer hide. No one can poke through his double armor.
41:14  No one can force open his great jaws. There are frightening teeth all around his jaws.
41:15  He has rows of shields on his back. They are tightly sealed together.
41:16  Each shield is so close to the next one that no air can go between them.
41:17  They are joined strongly to one another. They hold on to each other and cannot be broken apart.
41:18  When he snorts, flashes of light are thrown out. His eyes look like the light at dawn.
41:19  Flames blaze from his mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out.
41:20  Smoke pours out of his nose as if coming from a large pot over a hot fire.
41:21  His breath sets coals on fire. And flames come out of his mouth.
41:22  There is great strength in his neck. People are afraid and run away from him.
41:23  The folds of his skin are tightly joined. They are set and cannot be moved.
41:24  His chest is as hard as a rock. It is as hard as a stone used to grind grain.
41:25  Powerful creatures fear his terrible looks. They draw back in fear as he moves.
41:26  The sword that hits him does not hurt him. The darts and spears, small and large, do not hurt him.
41:27  He treats iron as if it were straw. And he treats bronze metal as if it were rotten wood.
41:28  He does not run away from arrows. Stones from slings are like chaff to him.
41:29  Clubs feel like pieces of straw to him. And he laughs when they shake a spear at him.
41:30  The underside of his body is like broken pieces of pottery. It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing board.
41:31  He makes the deep sea bubble like a boiling pot. And he stirs up the sea like a pot of oil.
41:32  When he swims, he leaves a shining path in the water. It makes the sea look as if it had white hair.
41:33  Nothing else on earth is equal to him. He is a creature without fear.
41:34  He looks down on all those who are too proud. He is king over all proud creatures.”