41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
41:1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?

41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
41:2 Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] unto thee?
41:3 Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?

41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
41:4 Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever?

41:5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens?

41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
41:6 Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants?

41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
41:7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
41:8 Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle--Never do it again!

41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
41:9 Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?

41:10 None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
41:10 No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?

41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay [him? whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
41:11 Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
41:12 "I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions.

41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
41:13 Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.
41:14 Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around?

41:15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
41:15 His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal;

41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
41:16 One is so near another That no air can come between them;

41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
41:17 They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted.

41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
41:18 His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire leap out.
41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out.

41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
41:20 Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
41:21 His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
41:22 Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.

41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
41:23 The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
41:24 His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.

41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
41:25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves.

41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
41:26 Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
41:27 He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood.

41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him.

41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
41:29 Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins.

41:30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
41:31 He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.
41:32 He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair.

41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
41:33 On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear.

41:34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.
41:34 He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride."