1. “Would you draw out Liwiathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2. Would you put a cord through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3. Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?
4. Would he make a covenant with you to be taken as a servant forever?
5. Would you play with him as with a bird? Or leash him for your young girls?
6. Would trading partners bargain over him? Would they divide him among the merchants?
7. Fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
8. Put your hand on him – think of the struggle! Do not do it again!
9. See, any expectation of him is disappointed – he is laid low even at the sight of him!
10. No one is so foolhardy to wake him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
11. Who has given to Me first, that I should repay him – under all the heavens that is Mine?
12. I would not keep silent concerning his limbs, or his mighty power, or his fair frame.
13. Who shall take off the surface of his skin? Who approaches him with a double bridle?
14. Who shall open the doors of his face, with his frightening teeth all around?
15. Rows of scales are his pride – closed up, a binding seal.
16. One to the other they fit closely, not even a breath enters between them.
17. They are joined one to another, they stick together and are not separated.
18. His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19. Out of his mouth go firebrands – sparks of fire shoot out.
20. Out of his nostrils comes smoke, like a boiling pot or kettle.