¹תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו׃

¹“Can you draw out Leviathan Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature. with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

²התשים אגמון באפו ובחוח תקוב לחיו׃

²Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

³הירבה אליך תחנונים אם ידבר אליך רכות׃

³Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?

⁴היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם׃

⁴Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

⁵התשחק בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך׃

⁵Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?

⁶יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים׃

⁶Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?

⁷התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו׃

⁷Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?

⁸שים עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל תוסף׃

⁸Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

⁹הן תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל מראיו יטל׃

⁹Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?

¹⁰לא אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב׃

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

¹¹מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל השמים לי הוא׃

¹¹Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

¹²לא אחריש בדיו ודבר גבורות וחין ערכו׃

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

¹³מי גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא׃

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

¹⁴דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה׃

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

¹⁵גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר׃

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

¹⁶אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא יבוא ביניהם׃

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

¹⁷איש באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו׃

¹⁷They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

¹⁸עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי שחר׃

¹⁸His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

¹⁹מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו׃

¹⁹Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.

²⁰מנחיריו יצא עשן כדוד נפוח ואגמן׃

²⁰Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

²¹נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא׃

²¹His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

²²בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה׃

²²There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

²³מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל ימוט׃

²³The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.

²⁴לבו יצוק כמו אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית׃

²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

²⁵משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו׃

²⁵When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

²⁶משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה׃

²⁶If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

²⁷יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה׃

²⁷He counts iron as straw; and brass as rotten wood.

²⁸לא יבריחנו בן קשת לקש נהפכו לו אבני קלע׃

²⁸The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

²⁹כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון׃

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

³⁰תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי טיט׃

³⁰His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

³¹ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה׃

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

³²אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה׃

³²He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

³³אין על עפר משלו העשו לבלי חת׃

³³On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

³⁴את כל גבה יראה הוא מלך על כל בני שחץ׃

³⁴He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”