Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
or pierce his nose with snares?

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Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
or tie his tongue down with a rope?

Can you put a cord through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?

Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?

Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?

Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?

One scale is so close to another
that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another,
so closely connected they cannot be separated.

His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Smoke billows from his nostrils
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal and immovable.

When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.

The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.

His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.”