11. Who has a claim against me that I must pay?Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12. ‘I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,its strength and its graceful form.
13. Who can strip off its outer coat?Who can penetrate its double coat of armour?
14. Who dares open the doors of its mouth,ringed about with its fearsome teeth?
15. Its back has rows of shieldstightly sealed together;
16. each is so close to the nextthat no air can pass between.
17. They are joined fast to one another;they cling together and cannot be parted.
18. Its snorting throws out flashes of light;its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19. Flames stream from its mouth;sparks of fire shoot out.
20. Smoke pours from its nostrilsas from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21. Its breath sets coals ablaze,and flames dart from its mouth.
22. Strength resides in its neck;dismay goes before it.
23. The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;they are firm and immovable.
24. Its chest is hard as rock,hard as a lower millstone.
25. When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;they retreat before its thrashing.
26. The sword that reaches it has no effect,nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.