13. Who can skin its hide?Who can approach it with a harness?
14. Who can open its closed mouth?Its teeth are surrounded by terror.
15. Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.
16. One is so close to the otherthat there is no space between them.
17. Each is joined to the other.They are locked together and inseparable.
18. When Leviathan sneezes, it gives out a flash of light.Its eyes are like the first rays of the dawn.
19. Flames shoot from its mouth.Sparks of fire fly from it.
20. Smoke comes from its nostrilslike a boiling pot heated over brushwood.
21. Its breath sets coals on fire,and a flame pours from its mouth.
22. Strength resides in its neck,and power dances in front of it.
23. The folds of its flesh stick to each other.They are solid and cannot be moved.
24. Its chest is solid like a rock,solid like a millstone.
25. “The mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises.Broken down, they draw back.
26. A sword may strike it but not pierce it.Neither will a spear, lance, or dart.
27. It considers iron to be like strawand bronze to be like rotten wood.