Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Dost
thou draw leviathan with an angle
? And
with a rope
thou lettest down --
his
tongue
?
Canst
thou draw out
leviathan with an hook
? or
his
tongue
with a cord
which
thou lettest down?
Dost
thou put a
reed
in
his nose? And
with a thorn pierce
his
jaw
?
Canst
thou put an
hook
into
his nose? or
bore
his
jaw
through
with a thorn?
Doth
he multiply
unto thee supplications
? Doth
he speak unto thee tender
things
?
Will
he make
many
supplications
unto thee? will
he speak soft
words
unto thee?
Doth
he make a covenant with thee? Dost
thou take him for a servant age-during
?
Will
he make a covenant with thee? wilt
thou take him for a servant for
ever
?
Dost
thou play with him as a bird? And
dost
thou bind him for thy damsels
?
Wilt
thou play with him as with
a bird? or
wilt
thou bind him for thy maidens
?
(Feast
upon
him
do
companions ,
They divide
him among the merchants !)
Shall
the
companions make
a
banquet
of
him?
shall
they part
him among the merchants ?
Dost
thou fill with barbed irons his
skin
? And
with fish -
spears his
head
?
Canst
thou fill his
skin
with barbed irons? or
his
head
with fish spears?
Place
on
him
thy
hand, Remember the battle --
do not
add!
Lay
thine
hand upon
him
, remember the battle ,
do no
more.
Lo
, the hope of him is found
a
liar,
Also
at
his
appearance
is
not one cast down?
Behold
, the hope of him is in
vain:
shall
not one be
cast down even
at
the
sight
of
him
?
None so fierce that he
doth
awake
him ,
And
who `
is '
he
before Me stationeth
himself
?
None is
so fierce that dare
stir
him up:
who then
is able
to
stand
before me?
Who hath brought
before
Me and
I repay? Under the whole heavens
it
`
is '
mine.
Who hath prevented
me ,
that
I should
repay him
? whatsoever
is
under the whole heaven
is mine.
I do
not keep
silent
concerning
his parts, And
the
matter
of
might
, And
the
grace
of
his arrangement
.
I will
not conceal
his parts, nor
his
power
, nor
his comely
proportion
.
Who hath
uncovered
the face of his clothing
? Within
his double bridle who
doth
enter
?
Who can
discover
the face of his garment
? or
who
can
come
to
him
with
his double bridle?
The doors of his face who
hath
opened
? Round
about
his teeth `
are '
terrible.
Who
can
open
the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about
.
A
pride --
strong
ones
of
shields
, Shut up --
a close seal.
His
scales
are
his
pride, shut up together
as
with
a close seal.
One unto
another they
draw
nigh
, And
air doth
not
enter
between them.
One is
so
near
to
another, that
no
air can
come
between them.
One unto
another they
adhere
, They stick together and
are
not
separated
.
They
are
joined
one to
another, they stick together ,
that
they
cannot
be
sundered
.
His sneezings
cause
light to
shine, And his eyes `
are '
as
the eyelids of the dawn
.
By
his neesings
a
light doth
shine, and his eyes are like
the eyelids of the morning
.
Out of his mouth do
flames
go, sparks of fire escape
.
Out of his mouth go burning
lamps
, and
sparks of fire leap
out
.
Out of his nostrils goeth forth
smoke, As a blown
pot and
reeds
.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out
of
a seething
pot or
caldron
.
His breath setteth
coals on
fire
, And a flame from
his mouth goeth
forth
.
His breath kindleth
coals, and a flame goeth
out
of
his mouth.
In his neck lodge
doth
strength, And before him doth
grief
exult
.
In his neck remaineth
strength, and sorrow
is
turned
into
joy
before him.
The flakes of his flesh have
adhered
--
Firm upon
him
--
it
is
not
moved.
The flakes of his flesh are
joined
together:
they
are
firm in
themselves;
they
cannot
be
moved.
His heart `
is '
firm as a stone ,
Yea, firm
as the
lower
piece.
His heart is as
firm as a stone ;
yea, as hard
as
a
piece of
the
nether
millstone
.
From
his
rising
are
the mighty afraid ,
From
breakings they keep
themselves free
.
When
he
raiseth
up
himself,
the mighty are
afraid :
by
reason
of
breakings they purify
themselves.
The sword of his
overtaker
standeth
not,
Spear --
dart --
and
lance
.
The sword of him
that
layeth
at
him
cannot
hold:
the
spear ,
the
dart ,
nor
the
habergeon
.
He reckoneth
iron as straw, brass as rotten wood.
He esteemeth
iron as straw, and
brass as rotten wood.
The son
of
the
bow
doth
not
cause
him to
flee ,
Turned by
him into stubble are
stones
of
the
sling
.
The arrow
cannot
make
him flee :
slingstones
are
turned with
him into stubble.
As stubble have
darts
been
reckoned,
And
he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin
.
Darts
are
counted
as stubble :
he laugheth at the shaking of a spear
.
Under him `are'
sharp
points
of
clay,
He spreadeth gold
on
the mire.
Sharp
stones
are
under him :
he spreadeth sharp
pointed
things
upon
the mire.
He causeth
to boil as
a pot the
deep,
The
sea
he maketh as
a pot of ointment.
He maketh
the
deep
to boil like
a pot :
he maketh the
sea
like
a pot of ointment.
After
him
he causeth
a path to shine ,
One thinketh
the deep to be hoary.
He maketh
a path to shine after
him;
one would
think
the deep to be hoary.
There is not on
the
earth
his like, That
is made without terror
.
Upon
earth
there is not his like, who
is made without fear
.
Every
high
thing
he doth
see,
He `
is '
king over all sons
of pride.
He beholdeth
all
high
things:
he is a
king over all the
children
of pride.
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