1. Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
2. Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3. Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
4. Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
5. Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6. Shall the bands of fishermen make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7. Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
8. Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
9. Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10. None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?
11. Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12. I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion.
13. Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle?
14. Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror.