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| 1. | Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? | "Can you draw out Leviathan{Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature.} with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord? | Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth? | ||
| 2. | Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? | Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook? | Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue? | ||
| 3. | Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? | Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you? | Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you? | ||
| 4. | Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? | Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever? | Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever? | ||
| 5. | Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? | Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls? | Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women? | ||
| 6. | Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? | Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants? | Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders? | ||
| 7. | Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? | Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears? | Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head? | ||
| 8. | Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. | Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more. | Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again! | ||
| 9. | Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? | Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him? | Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him! | ||
| 10. | None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? | None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me? | He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me? | ||
| 11. | Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. | Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine. | Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven! | ||
| 12. | I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. | "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. | I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame. | ||
| 13. | Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? | Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws? | Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron? | ||
| 14. | Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. | Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror. | Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth. | ||
| 15. | His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. | Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal. | His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp. | ||
| 16. | One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. | One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. | One is so near to the other that no air may come between them. | ||
| 17. | They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. | They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart. | They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted. | ||
| 18. | By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn. | ||
| 19. | Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. | Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth. | Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up. | ||
| 20. | Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. | Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. | Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire. | ||
| 21. | His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. | His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth. | His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. | ||
| 22. | In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. | There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him. | Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him. | ||
| 23. | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. | The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved. | The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved. | ||
| 24. | His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. | His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone. | His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone. | ||
| 25. | When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. | When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing. | When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear. | ||
| 26. | The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. | If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. | The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron. | ||
| 27. | He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. | He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood. | Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood. | ||
| 28. | The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. | The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him. | The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems. | ||
| 29. | Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. | Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin. | A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear. | ||
| 30. | Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. | His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. | Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth. | ||
| 31. | He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. | He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. | The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel. | ||
| 32. | He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. | He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair. | After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white. | ||
| 33. | Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. | On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear. | On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear. | ||
| 34. | He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. | He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride." | Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride. | ||