1 WYC Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge? BSB BSB: “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2 WYC Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis, ethir schalt perse hyse cheke with `an hook? BSB BSB: Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3 WYC Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee? BSB BSB: Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4 WYC Whether he schal make couenaunt with thee, and `thou schalt take him a seruaunt euerlastinge? BSB BSB: Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5 WYC Whether thou schalt scorne hym as a brid, ethir schalt bynde hym to thin handmaidis? BSB BSB: Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6 WYC Schulen frendis `kerue hym, schulen marchauntis departe hym? BSB BSB: Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7 WYC Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn, and a `leep of fischis with his heed? BSB BSB: Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8 WYC Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke. BSB BSB: If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9 WYC Lo! his hope schal disseyue hym; and in the siyt of alle men he schal be cast doun. BSB BSB: Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10 WYC I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face? BSB BSB: No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11 WYC And who `yaf to me bifore, that Y yelde to hym? Alle thingis, that ben vndur heuene, ben myne. BSB BSB: Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12 WYC Y schal not spare hym for myyti wordis, and maad faire to biseche. BSB BSB: I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13 WYC Who schal schewe the face of his clothing, and who schal entre in to the myddis of his mouth? BSB BSB: Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14 WYC Who schal opene the yatis of his cheer? ferdfulnesse is bi the cumpas of hise teeth. BSB BSB: Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15 WYC His bodi is as yotun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with scalis ouerleiynge hem silf. BSB BSB: His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16 WYC Oon is ioyned to another; and sotheli brething goith not thorouy tho. BSB BSB: One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17 WYC Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid. BSB BSB: They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18 WYC His fnesynge is as schynynge of fier, and hise iyen ben as iyelidis of the morewtid. BSB BSB: His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19 WYC Laumpis comen forth of his mouth, as trees of fier, that ben kyndlid. BSB BSB: Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20 WYC Smoke cometh forth of hise nosethirlis, as of a pot set on the fier `and boilynge. BSB BSB: Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21 WYC His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth. BSB BSB: His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22 WYC Strengthe schal dwelle in his necke, and nedynesse schal go bifor his face. BSB BSB: Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23 WYC The membris of hise fleischis ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis ayens hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place. BSB BSB: The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24 WYC His herte schal be maad hard as a stoon; and it schal be streyned togidere as the anefeld of a smith. BSB BSB: His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25 WYC Whanne he schal be takun awei, aungels schulen drede; and thei aferd schulen be purgid. BSB BSB: When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26 WYC Whanne swerd takith hym, it may not stonde, nethir spere, nether haburioun. BSB BSB: The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27 WYC For he schal arette irun as chaffis, and bras as rotun tre. BSB BSB: He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28 WYC A man archere schal not dryue hym awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym. BSB BSB: No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29 WYC He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere. BSB BSB: A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30 WYC The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley. BSB BSB: His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 WYC He schal make the depe se to buyle as a pot; and he schal putte, as whanne oynementis buylen. BSB BSB: He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32 WYC A path schal schyne aftir hym; he schal gesse the greet occian as wexynge eld. BSB BSB: He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33 WYC No power is on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym; which is maad, that he schulde drede noon. BSB BSB: Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
34 WYC He seeth al hiy thing; he is kyng ouer alle the sones of pride. BSB BSB: He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
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