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God’s Power Shown in Creatures
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Will it beg you for mercy
or implore you for pity?
or implore you for pity?
“Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?
Or will he speak to you soft words?
Will it agree to work for you,
to be your slave for life?
to be your slave for life?
“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
Will you take him for a servant forever?
Can you make it a pet like a bird,
or give it to your little girls to play with?
or give it to your little girls to play with?
“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
Or will you bind him for your maidens?
Will merchants try to buy it
to sell it in their shops?
to sell it in their shops?
“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
Will they divide him among the merchants?
Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?
or its head by a harpoon?
“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
Or his head with fishing spears?
If you lay a hand on it,
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won’t try that again!
you will certainly remember the battle that follows.
You won’t try that again!
“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
“Behold, your expectation is false;
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
who then can stand up to me?
“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
Who then is he that can stand before Me?
Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
Everything under heaven is mine.
“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
“I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbs
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
and its enormous strength and graceful form.
“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?
Who can come within his double mail?
Who could pry open its jaws?
For its teeth are terrible!
For its teeth are terrible!
“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.
Around his teeth there is terror.
“His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.
Shut up as with a tight seal.
They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
that no air can get between them.
“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
That no air can come between them.
Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.
“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
“When it sneezes, it flashes light!
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Lightning leaps from its mouth;
flames of fire flash out.
flames of fire flash out.
“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.
Sparks of fire leap forth.
Smoke streams from its nostrils
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
like steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.
“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
Its breath would kindle coals,
for flames shoot from its mouth.
for flames shoot from its mouth.
“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
“The tremendous strength in Leviathan’s neck
strikes terror wherever it goes.
strikes terror wherever it goes.
“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.
And dismay leaps before him.
Its flesh is hard and firm
and cannot be penetrated.
and cannot be penetrated.
“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.
Firm on him and immovable.
Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.
hard as a millstone.
“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
Even as hard as a lower millstone.
When it rises, the mighty are afraid,
gripped by terror.
gripped by terror.
“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.
no spear, dart, or javelin.
“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.
and bronze is like rotten wood.
“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
Bronze as rotten wood.
Arrows cannot make it flee.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.
“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
Clubs are like a blade of grass,
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
and it laughs at the swish of javelins.
“Clubs are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
“His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
“Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.
“He makes the depths boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.
making the sea look white.
“Behind him he makes a wake to shine;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
Nothing on earth is its equal,
no other creature so fearless.
no other creature so fearless.
“Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.
One made without fear.