9. Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.
10. No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me?
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 armor ?
14. Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15. Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together;
16. each is so close to the next that 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 nostrils as 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.