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.
18. “When it sneezes, it flashes light!Its eyes are like the red of dawn.
19. Lightning leaps from its mouth;flames of fire flash out.
20. Smoke streams from its nostrilslike steam from a pot heated over burning rushes.