1. “Can you catch Leviathan with a hookor put a noose around its jaw?
2. Can you tie it with a rope through the noseor pierce its jaw with a spike?
3. Will it beg you for mercyor implore you for pity?
4. Will it agree to work for you,to be your slave for life?
5. Can you make it a pet like a bird,or give it to your little girls to play with?
6. Will merchants try to buy itto sell it in their shops?
7. Will its hide be hurt by spearsor its head by a harpoon?
8. If you lay a hand on it,you will certainly remember the battle that follows.You won’t try that again!
9. No, it is useless to try to capture it.The hunter who attempts it will be knocked down.
10. And since no one dares to disturb it,who then can stand up to me?
11. Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?Everything under heaven is mine.
12. “I want to emphasize Leviathan’s limbsand its enormous strength and graceful form.
13. Who can strip off its hide,and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?
14. Who could pry open its jaws?For its teeth are terrible!
15. The scales on its back are like rows of shieldstightly sealed together.
16. They are so close togetherthat no air can get between them.
17. Each scale sticks tight to the next.They interlock and cannot be penetrated.