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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁹kiji kakor bilke in svrčeči sulici se smeje.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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