Hiob 41

1Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? 2Can you put a rope into his nose, 3Will he make many pleas to you? 4Will he make a covenant with you, 5Will you play with him as you would with a bird? 6Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? 7Can you fill his hide with harpoons 8Put your hand on him just once, 9See, the hope of anyone who does that is a lie; 10None is so fierce that he dare stir Leviathan up; 11Who has first given anything to me in order that I should repay him? 12I will not keep silent concerning Leviathan's legs, 13Who can strip off his outer covering? 14Who can open the doors of his face— 15his back is made up of rows of shields, 16One is so near to another 17They are joined to each other; 18Light flashes out from his snorting; 19Out of his mouth go burning torches, 20Out of his nostrils goes smoke 21His breath kindles coals into flame; 22In his neck is strength, 23The folds of his flesh are joined together; 24His heart is as hard as a stone— 25When he raises himself up, even the gods become afraid; 26If a sword strikes him, it does nothing— 27He thinks of iron as if it were straw, 28An arrow cannot make him flee; 29Clubs are regarded as straw; 30His lower parts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; 31He makes the deep to foam up like a pot of boiling water; 32He makes a shining wake behind him; 33On earth there is no equal to him,