¹Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

¹Hľa, nádej človeka na neho je klamná. Alebo či sa dokonca už i na jeho pohľad rúti na zem?

²Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

²Nikto nie je taký smelý, ani len aby ho zobudil. A kde kto potom sa postaví predo mnou?!

³Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

³Kto ma kedy predišiel voľačím, aby som odplatil? Čokoľvek je pod všetkými nebesami, je moje.

⁴Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

⁴Nebudem mlčať o jeho údoch o sile a kráse jeho ustrojenia.

⁵Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

⁵Kto odkryje povrch jeho rúcha? S dvojitou svojou úzdou kto pristúpi?

⁶Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

⁶Kto otvorí vráta jeho tvári? Okolo jeho zubov je strach.

⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

⁷Pýchou ryhy jeho štítov; každý je privrený jako tesná pečať.

⁸Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

⁸Jeden prilieha k druhému tak, že vzduch nevojde medzi ne.

⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

⁹Každý ľne pevne k druhému; držia sa spolu a neodstávajú od seba.

¹⁰None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

¹⁰Jeho kýchanie žiari svetlom a jeho oči sú jako riasy rannej zory.

¹¹Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

¹¹Z jeho úst vychádzajú fakle; uletujú ohnivé iskry.

¹²I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

¹²Z jeho chriapov vychádza dym; je to jako vrúci kotol a horiaca sitina.

¹³Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

¹³Jeho dych rozpaľuje uhlie, a plameň vychádza z jeho úst.

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

¹⁴V jeho šiji prebýva sila, a pred ním výskoky uteká strach.

¹⁵His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

¹⁵Kusy jeho mäsa pevne sa držia. Všetko je na ňom ako uliate, ani sa nepohne.

¹⁶One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

¹⁶Jeho srdce je uliate jako z kameňa, a je uliate, pevné jako spodný žernov.

¹⁷They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

¹⁷Jeho dvihnutia sa boja i najsilnejší; zlyhajú od zdrtenia.

¹⁸By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁸Keby ho niekto dostihol mečom, jeho meč neostojí, ani kopija ani strela ani pancier.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

¹⁹Považuje železo za slamu, za hnilé drevo meď.

²⁰Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

²⁰Strela z luku ho nepohne na útek; kamene z praku sa mu obrátia na plevy.

²¹His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

²¹Kyjak považuje za suché steblo; smeje sa šramotu kopije.

²²In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

²²Pod ním je ostrie črepu; stelie hrot, ako čo by to bolo na blato.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

²³Pôsobí, aby vrela hlbina jako hrniec; robí more nádobou strojenej masti.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

²⁴Za ním svieti draha; považuje priepasť za bezvládne šediny.

²⁵When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

²⁵Nie je mu podobného na zemi; ktorý by bol učinený tak, bez strachu.

²⁶The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

²⁶Smele pozrie na čokoľvek vysoké; je kráľom nad všetkými šelmami.

²⁷He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁹Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

³⁰Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

³¹He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

³²He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

³³Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

³⁴He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.