¹Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

¹Dapatkah kautangkap si buaya Lewiatan, hanya dengan sebuah pancing ikan? Dapatkah lidahnya kautambat dengan tali-tali pengikat?

²Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

²Dapatkah engkau memasang tali pada hidungnya ataupun kait besi pada rahangnya?

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

³Mungkinkah ia mohon padamu untuk dibebaskan? atau berunding denganmu, minta belas kasihan?

⁴Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

⁴Mungkinkah ia membuat persetujuan denganmu, dan berjanji akan selalu melayanimu?

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

⁵Mungkinkah engkau mengikatnya seperti burung peliharaan, yang menyenangkan hamba-hamba perempuan?

⁶Will the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁶Mungkinkah ia diperdagangkan oleh nelayan-nelayan dan dibagi-bagikan di antara para pedagang?

⁷Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?

⁷Dapatkah kautusuk kulitnya dengan tombak bermata tiga atau kaulempari dia dengan lembing yang menembus kepalanya?

⁸Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

⁸Sentuhlah dia sekali saja, dan tak akan lagi engkau mengulanginya; pertarungan itu tak akan kaulupakan selama-lamanya.

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

⁹Setiap orang yang melihat Lewiatan, akan menjadi lemah lalu jatuh pingsan.

¹⁰None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

¹⁰Ia ganas bila dibangunkan dari tidurnya; tak seorang pun berani berdiri di hadapannya.

¹¹Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

¹¹Siapa yang dapat menyerangnya tanpa kena cedera? Di dunia ini tak ada yang sanggup melakukannya.

¹²I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

¹²Marilah Kuceritakan tentang anggota badan Lewiatan, tentang kekuatannya dan bentuknya yang tampan.

¹³Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

¹³Tak seorang pun dapat mengoyakkan baju luarnya atau menembus baju perang yang dipakainya.

¹⁴Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

¹⁴Siapa dapat membuka moncongnya yang kuat, berisi gigi-gigi yang dahsyat?

¹⁵[His] strong scales are [his] pride, Shut up together [as with] a close seal.

¹⁵Bagai perisai tersusun, itulah punggungnya terlekat rapat, seperti batu kerasnya.

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

¹⁶Tindih-menindih, terikat erat, sehingga angin pun tak dapat masuk menyelinap.

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

¹⁷Perisai itu begitu kuat bertautan sehingga tak mungkin diceraikan.

¹⁸His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁸Apabila Lewiatan bersin, berpijaran cahaya; matanya berkilau bagai terbitnya sang surya.

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning torches, And sparks of fire leap forth.

¹⁹Lidah api menghambur dari mulutnya; bunga api berpancaran ke mana-mana.

²⁰Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and [burning] rushes.

²⁰Asap mengepul dari dalam hidungnya, seperti asap kayu bakar di bawah belanga.

²¹His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

²¹Napasnya menyalakan bara; nyala api keluar dari mulutnya.

²²In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

²²Tengkuknya demikian kuatnya, sehingga semuanya ketakutan di hadapannya.

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together: They are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

²³Tak ada tempat lemah pada kulitnya; tak mungkin pecah karena sekeras baja.

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

²⁴Hatinya seteguh batu, tak kenal bimbang kokoh dan keras seperti batu gilingan.

²⁵When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

²⁵Bila ia bangkit, orang terkuat pun kehilangan keberanian, dibuat tak berdaya karena sangat ketakutan.

²⁶If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁶Tak ada pedang yang dapat melukainya; tombak, panah ataupun lembing tak dapat menyakitinya.

²⁷He counteth iron as straw, [And] brass as rotten wood.

²⁷Besi dianggapnya sehalus rerumputan dan tembaga selunak kayu bercendawan.

²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

²⁸Tak ada panah yang dapat menghalau dia; batu yang dilemparkan kepadanya seolah-olah jerami saja.

²⁹Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

²⁹Gada dianggapnya sehelai rumput kering; ia tertawa jika orang melemparkan lembing.

³⁰His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: He spreadeth [as it were] a threshing-wain upon the mire.

³⁰Sisik di perutnya seperti beling yang runcing ujungnya. Bagai alat penebah ia mengorek lumpur dan membelahnya.

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

³¹Laut dikocoknya sehingga menyerupai air mendidih; seperti panci pemasak minyak yang berbuih-buih.

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

³²Ia meninggalkan bekas tapak kaki yang bercahaya, laut diubahnya menjadi buih yang putih warnanya.

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

³³Di atas bumi tak ada tandingannya; makhluk yang tak kenal takut, itulah dia!

³⁴He beholdeth everything that is high: He is king over all the sons of pride.

³⁴Binatang yang paling megah pun dipandangnya hina; di antara segala binatang buas, dialah raja."