24BY EYES ITS WILL ANYONE TAKE? IT WITH SNARES WILL ANYONE PIERCE? A NOSE 24Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare? [’’]
1WILL YOU DRAW OUT? LEVIATHAN WITH A FISH HOOK AND WITH A CORD WILL YOU HOLD DOWN? TONGUE ITS The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan 1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2¿ WILL YOU PUT A CORD IN NOSE ITS AND WITH A HOOK WILL YOU PIERCE? JAW ITS 2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3¿ WILL IT MULTIPLY TO YOU SUPPLICATIONS OR? WILL IT SPEAK TO YOU SOFT [WORDS] 3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4¿ WILL IT MAKE A COVENANT WITH YOU WILL YOU TAKE? IT TO A SLAVE OF PERPETUITY 4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5¿ WILL YOU PLAY WITH IT LIKE <THE> BIRD AND WILL YOU BIND? IT FOR GIRLS YOUR 5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6WILL THEY BARGAIN? ON IT PARTNERS WILL THEY DIVIDE? IT BETWEEN MERCHANTS 6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7¿ WILL YOU FILL WITH HARPOONS HIDE ITS AND WITH A SPEAR OF FISH<ES> HEAD ITS 7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8PUT ON IT HANDS YOUR REMEMBER [THE] BATTLE MAY NOT YOU REPEAT 8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9THERE! HOPE HIS IT IS PROVED A LIE ¿ ALSO BECAUSE OF APPEARANCE ITS EVERYONE IS THROWN DOWN 9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10NOT FIERCE THAT HE WILL ROUSE IT AND WHO? THAT <TO> BEFORE ME WILL HE TAKE HIS STAND 10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11WHO? HAS HE CONFRONTED ME AND I MAY REPAY UNDER ALL THE HEAVENS [BELONGS] TO ME IT 11Who has given to Me that I should repay him?*NoteCloseCited in Romans 11:35 Everything under heaven is Mine.
12TO IT I WILL KEEP SILENT LIMBS ITS AND [THE] MATTER OF STRENGTH<S> AND [THE] GRACE OF ARRANGEMENT ITS 12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13WHO? HAS HE UNCOVERED [THE] SURFACE OF CLOTHING ITS IN [THE] DOUBLING OF HALTER ITS WHO? WILL HE COME 13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle
14[THE] DOORS OF FACE ITS WHO? HAS HE OPENED [IS] AROUND TEETH ITS TERROR 14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15PRIDE [IS] ROWS OF SHIELDS SHUT UP A SEAL TIGHT 15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16ONE ON ONE THEY DRAW NEAR AND A BREATH NOT IT GOES BETWEEN THEM 16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17EACH ON BROTHER ITS THEY ARE JOINED TOGETHER THEY GRASP ONE ANOTHER AND NOT THEY ARE SEPARATED 17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18SNEEZING<S> ITS IT FLASHES FORTH LIGHT AND EYES ITS [ARE] LIKE [THE] EYELIDS OF DAWN 18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19FROM MOUTH ITS TORCHES THEY GO SPARKS OF FIRE THEY ESCAPE 19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20FROM NOSTRILS ITS IT GOES FORTH SMOKE LIKE A POT BLOWN UPON AND BULRUSH[ES] 20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21BREATH ITS COALS IT KINDLES AND A FLAME FROM MOUTH ITS IT GOES FORTH 21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22IN NECK ITS IT LODGES STRENGTH AND <TO> BEFORE IT IT LEAPS DISMAY 22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23[THE] HANGING PARTS OF FLESH ITS THEY CLING HARD TO IT NOT IT IS MOVED 23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24HEART ITS [IS] HARD LIKE A STONE AND HARD LIKE A MILL-STONE LOWER 24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25FROM UPRISING ITS THEY ARE AFRAID MIGHTY ONES FROM CRASHING<S> THEY ARE BEWILDERED 25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26[ONE WHO] REACHES IT A SWORD NOT IT IS ESTABLISHED A SPEAR A DART AND A JAVELIN 26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27IT CONSIDERS TO STRAW IRON TO WOOD OF ROTTENNESS BRONZE 27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28NOT IT MAKES FLEE IT [THE] SON OF A BOW INTO CHAFF THEY ARE CHANGED FOR IT STONES OF A SLING 28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29LIKE CHAFF THEY ARE REGARDED A CLUB SO IT MAY LAUGH TO [THE] SHAKING OF A JAVELIN 29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.*NoteCloseOr javelin
30UNDER IT [ARE] SHARP POINTS OF POTSHERD[S] IT SPREADS OUT A THRESHING SLEDGE ON MUD 30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31IT MAKES BOIL LIKE <THE> POT [THE] DEEP [THE] SEA IT MAKES LIKE <THE> POT OF OINTMENT 31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32BEHIND IT IT MAKES SHINE A PATH ANYONE CONSIDERS [THE] DEEP TO GREY HAIR 32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33NOT [IS] ON [THE] DUST LIKENESS ITS THE [ONE] MADE FOR NOT FEAR 33Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
34<OBJ.> EVERY EXALTED [ONE] IT SEES IT [IS] KING OVER ALL [THE] SONS OF PRIDE 34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”