Job 41:1-34 GNT

[1] Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope? [2] Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws? [3] Will he beg you to let him go? Will he plead with you for mercy? [4] Will he make an agreement with you and promise to serve you forever? [5] Will you tie him like a pet bird, like something to amuse your servant women? [6] Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell? [7] Can you fill his hide with fishing spears or pierce his head with a harpoon? [8] Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight! [9] Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground. [10] When he is aroused, he is fierce; no one would dare to stand before him. [11] Who can attack him and still be safe? No one in all the world can do it. [12] Let me tell you about Leviathan's legs and describe how great and strong he is. [13] No one can tear off his outer coat or pierce the armor he wears. [14] Who can make him open his jaws, ringed with those terrifying teeth? [15] His back is made of rows of shields, fastened together and hard as stone. [16] Each one is joined so tight to the next, not even a breath can come between. [17] They all are fastened so firmly together that nothing can ever pull them apart. [18] Light flashes when he sneezes, and his eyes glow like the rising sun. [19] Flames blaze from his mouth, and streams of sparks fly out. [20] Smoke comes pouring out of his nose, like smoke from weeds burning under a pot. [21] His breath starts fires burning; flames leap out of his mouth. [22] His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. [23] There is not a weak spot in his skin; it is as hard and unyielding as iron. [24] His stony heart is without fear, as unyielding and hard as a millstone. [25] When he rises up, even the strongest are frightened; they are helpless with fear. [26] There is no sword that can wound him; no spear or arrow or lance that can harm him. [27] For him iron is as flimsy as straw, and bronze as soft as rotten wood. [28] There is no arrow that can make him run; rocks thrown at him are like bits of straw. [29] To him a club is a piece of straw, and he laughs when men throw spears. [30] The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge. [31] He churns up the sea like boiling water and makes it bubble like a pot of oil. [32] He leaves a shining path behind him and turns the sea to white foam. [33] There is nothing on earth to compare with him; he is a creature that has no fear. [34] He looks down on even the proudest animals; he is king of all wild beasts.