C<\/span>anst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.<\/span> <\/p>\n