BCC ¹ Nul n'est assez hardi pour provoquer Léviathan: qui donc oserait me résister en face?

KJV ¹ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

VULC ¹ [Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum :
quis enim resistere potest vultui meo ?

BCC ² Qui m'a obligé, pour que j'aie à lui rendre? Tout ce qui est sous le ciel est à moi.

KJV ² Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

VULC ² Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei ?
omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.

BCC ³ Je ne veux pas taire ses membres, sa force, l'harmonie de sa structure.

KJV ³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

VULC ³ Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus,
et ad deprecandum compositis.

BCC ⁴ Qui jamais a soulevé le bord de sa cuirasse? Qui a franchi la double ligne de son râtelier?

KJV ⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

VULC ⁴ Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus ?
et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit ?

BCC ⁵ Qui a ouvert les portes de sa gueule? Autour de ses dents habite la terreur.

KJV ⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

VULC ⁵ Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet ?
per gyrum dentium ejus formido.

BCC ⁶ Superbes sont les lignes de ses écailles, comme des sceaux étroitement serrés.

KJV ⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

VULC ⁶ Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia,
compactum squamis se prementibus.

BCC ⁷ Chacune touche sa voisine; un souffle ne passerait pas entre elles.

KJV ⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

VULC ⁷ Una uni conjungitur,
et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.

BCC ⁸ Elle adhèrent l'une à l'autre, elles sont jointes et ne sauraient se séparer.

KJV ⁸ Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

VULC ⁸ Una alteri adhærebit,
et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.

BCC ⁹ Ses éternuements font jaillir la lumière, ses yeux sont comme les paupières de l'aurore.

KJV ⁹ Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

VULC ⁹ Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis,
et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi.

BCC ¹⁰ Des flammes jaillissent de sa gueule, il s'en échappe des étincelles de feu.

KJV ¹⁰ None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

VULC ¹⁰ De ore ejus lampades procedunt,
sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.

BCC ¹¹ Une fumée sort de ses narines, comme d'une chaudière ardente et bouillante.

KJV ¹¹ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

VULC ¹¹ De naribus ejus procedit fumus,
sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.

BCC ¹² Son souffle allume les charbons, de sa bouche s'élance la flamme.

KJV ¹² I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

VULC ¹² Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit,
et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.

BCC ¹³ Dans son cou réside la force, devant lui bondit l'épouvante.

KJV ¹³ Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

VULC ¹³ In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo,
et faciem ejus præcedit egestas.

BCC ¹⁴ Les muscles de sa chair tiennent ensemble; fondus sur lui, inébranlables.

KJV ¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

VULC ¹⁴ Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi :
mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.

BCC ¹⁵ Son coeur est dur comme la pierre, dur comme la meule inférieure.

KJV ¹⁵ His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

VULC ¹⁵ Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis,
et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.

BCC ¹⁶ Quand il se lève, les plus braves ont peur, l'épouvante les fait défaillir.

KJV ¹⁶ One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

VULC ¹⁶ Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli,
et territi purgabuntur.

BCC ¹⁷ Qu'on l'attaque avec l'épée, l'épée ne résiste pas, ni la lance, ni le javelot, ni la flèche.

KJV ¹⁷ They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

VULC ¹⁷ Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit,
neque hasta, neque thorax :

BCC ¹⁸ Il tient le fer pour de la paille, l'airain comme un bois vermoulu.

KJV ¹⁸ By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

VULC ¹⁸ reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum,
et quasi lignum putridum æs.

BCC ¹⁹ La fille de l'arc ne le fait pas fuir, les pierres de la fronde sont pour lui un fétu,

KJV ¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

VULC ¹⁹ Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius :
in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.

BCC ²⁰ la massue, un brin de chaume; il se rit du fracas des piques.

KJV ²⁰ Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

VULC ²⁰ Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum,
et deridebit vibrantem hastam.

BCC ²¹ Sous son ventre sont des tessons aigus: on dirait une herse qu'il étend sur le limon.

KJV ²¹ His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

VULC ²¹ Sub ipso erunt radii solis,
et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.

BCC ²² Il fait bouillonner l'abîme comme une chaudière, il fait de la mer un vase de parfums.

KJV ²² In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

VULC ²² Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare,
et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.

BCC ²³ Il laisse après lui un sillage de lumière, on dirait que l'abîme a des cheveux blancs.

KJV ²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

VULC ²³ Post eum lucebit semita :
æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.

BCC ²⁴ Il n'a pas son égal sur la terre, il a été créé pour ne rien craindre.

KJV ²⁴ His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

VULC ²⁴ Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei,
qui factus est ut nullum timeret.

BCC ²⁵ Il regarde en face tout ce qui est élevé, il est le roi des plus fiers animaux.

KJV ²⁵ When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

VULC ²⁵ Omne sublime videt :
ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.]

KJV ²⁶ The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

KJV ²⁷ He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

KJV ²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

KJV ²⁹ Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

KJV ³⁰ Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

KJV ³¹ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

KJV ³² He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

KJV ³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

KJV ³⁴ He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.