The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan 1 DBY Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord? BSB BSB: “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2 DBY Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike? BSB BSB: Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 DBY Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee? BSB BSB: Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4 DBY Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever? BSB BSB: Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5 DBY Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? BSB BSB: Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6 DBY Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants? BSB BSB: Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7 DBY Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears? BSB BSB: Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 DBY Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more! BSB BSB: If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9 DBY Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him? BSB BSB: Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10 DBY None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me? BSB BSB: No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11 DBY Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him ? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. BSB BSB: Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 DBY I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure. BSB BSB: I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13 DBY Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws? BSB BSB: Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14 DBY Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror. BSB BSB: Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15 DBY The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal. BSB BSB: His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16 DBY One is so near to another that no air can come between them; BSB BSB: One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17 DBY They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered. BSB BSB: They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18 DBY His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. BSB BSB: His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 DBY Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out: BSB BSB: Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20 DBY Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron. BSB BSB: Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 DBY His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. BSB BSB: His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22 DBY In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him. BSB BSB: Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23 DBY The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved. BSB BSB: The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24 DBY His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone . BSB BSB: His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25 DBY When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation. BSB BSB: When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26 DBY If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon. BSB BSB: The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27 DBY He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood. BSB BSB: He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28 DBY The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. BSB BSB: No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29 DBY Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin. BSB BSB: A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30 DBY His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire. BSB BSB: His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 DBY He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment; BSB BSB: He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 DBY He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary. BSB BSB: He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33 DBY Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. BSB BSB: Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
34 DBY He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts. BSB BSB: He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
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