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

¹Moreš li leviatana [T. j. krokodil.] potegniti iz reke s trnkom, stisneš mu li z vrvjo jezik?

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

²Moreš mu li potegniti ločkasto vrvco skozi nos in čeljust prebosti z obodcem?

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

³Bo te li veliko prosil ali sladke besede ti govoril?

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

⁴Sklene li s teboj zavezo, da ga sprejmeš za hlapca za vekomaj?

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

⁵Se li boš z njim igral kakor s ptičkom in ga privezal k deklam svojim?

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

⁶Ali ga bodo prodajali tovariši ribičev, ga razdelili med trgovce?

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

⁷Moreš mu li kožo napolniti s sulicami in glavo njegovo z ostvami?

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

⁸Položi le roko nanj – a pomni boj, ne boš tega storil v drugič!

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

⁹Glej, prazno je upanje, da ga dobiš; saj že njega pogled vrže človeka na tla.

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

¹⁰Ni ga človeka toliko drznega, da bi ga dražil. – In kdo je, ki bi se smel postaviti pred moje obličje?

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

¹¹Kdo mi je dal kaj poprej, da bi mu moral povrniti? Kar je pod vesoljnim nebom, je moje.

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

¹²Ne bom molčal o udih njegovih, ne o veliki moči in lepoti rasti njegove.

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

¹³Kdo mu odgrne povrhnje oklopje in kdo se osmeli seči mu med dvojno ozobje?

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

¹⁴Kdo odpre vrata njegovega obličja? Okoli zob njegovih je groza.

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

¹⁵Ponos njegov so močni ščiti, ščit s ščitom sklenjen s trdnim pečatom.

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

¹⁶Drug z drugim se tesno skladajo, da še sapica ne pihne skozi nje;

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

¹⁷drug na drugem vise trdno, med sabo staknjeni se ne ločijo.

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

¹⁸Kihanje njegovo zažiga svetlobo, oči njegove so kakor trepalnice jutranje zarje.

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

¹⁹Iz ust mu pohajajo goreče bakle, ognjene iskre se sipljejo iz njih.

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

²⁰Iz nozdrvi se mu vali dim kakor iz lonca, kipečega nad gorečim dračjem.

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

²¹Sapa njegova razžiga žerjavico, iz ust pa mu šviga plamen.

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

²²Na vratu njegovem prebiva moč in strah skače pred njim.

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

²³Podgrlje na telesu mu visi trdno, tesno se ga oklepa, se ne gane.

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

²⁴Srce njegovo je trdo kakor kamen, trdo kakor spodnji kamen mlinski.

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

²⁵Kadar se vzdigne, se boje močni, od osupnosti ne dosežejo namere svoje.

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

²⁶Če ga kdo zadene z mečem, ne obtiči v njem, tudi ne kopje, ne strela, ne ostve.

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

²⁷Za železo se toliko meni kakor za slamo in za bron kakor za gnil les.

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

²⁸Nobena pšica ga ne požene v beg, kameni s prače so mu kakor pleve,

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

²⁹kiji kakor bilke in svrčeči sulici se smeje.

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

³⁰Spodnja stran njegova so ostre čepinje; kakor mlatilni voz gre čez blato.

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

³¹Napravlja, da vre v globočini kakor v loncu, da je morje kakor kotel z vročim mazilom.

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

³²Svetlo stezo za sabo dela, da se kaže kakor glava osivela.

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

³³Na zemlji mu ga ni para, njemu, ki je ustvarjen, da bodi brez strahu.Vse visoko smelo gleda, kralj je vsem zverem ponosnim.

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

³⁴Vse visoko smelo gleda, kralj je vsem zverem ponosnim.