Jb 41 (King James)

¹ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
² Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
³ Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
⁴ Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
⁵ Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
⁶ Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
⁷ Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
⁸ Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
⁹ Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
¹⁰ None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
¹¹ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
¹² I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
¹³ Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
¹⁴ Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
¹⁵ His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
¹⁶ One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
¹⁷ They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
¹⁸ By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
¹⁹ Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
²⁰ Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
²¹ His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
²² In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
²³ The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
²⁴ His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
²⁵ When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
²⁶ The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
²⁷ He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
²⁸ The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
²⁹ Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
³⁰ Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
³¹ He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
³² He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
³³ Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
³⁴ He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

Jb 41 (Martin)

Continuation de la description du Léviathan.

¹ Il n'y a point d'homme assez courageux pour le réveiller ; qui est-ce donc qui se présentera devant moi ?
² Qui est-ce qui m'a prévenu, et je [le] lui rendrai ? Ce qui est sous tous les cieux est à moi.
³ Je ne me tairai point de ses membres, ni de ce qui concerne ses forces, ni de la grâce de l'arrangement [des parties de son corps].
⁴ Qui est-ce qui découvrira le dessus de sa couverture, et se jettera entre les deux branches de son mors ?
⁵ Qui est-ce qui ouvrira les portes de sa gueule ? La terreur se tient autour de ses dents.
⁶ Les lames de ses boucliers ne sont que magnificence ; elles sont étroitement serrées [comme] avec un cachet.
⁷ L'une approche de l'autre, et le vent n'entre point entre-deux.
⁸ Elles sont jointes l'une à l'autre, elles s'entretiennent, et ne se séparent point.
⁹ Ses éternuements éclaireraient la lumière, et ses yeux sont [comme] les paupières de l'aube du jour.
¹⁰ Des flambeaux sortent de sa bouche, et il en rejaillit des étincelles de feu.
¹¹ Une fumée sort de ses narines comme d'un pot bouillant, ou d'une chaudière.
¹² Son souffle enflammerait des charbons, et une flamme sort de sa gueule.
¹³ La force est dans son cou, et la terreur marche devant lui.
¹⁴ Sa chair est ferme, tout est massif en lui, rien n'y branle.
¹⁵ Son coeur est dur comme une pierre, même comme une pièce de la meule de dessous.
¹⁶ Les plus forts tremblent quand il s'élève, et ils ne savent où ils en sont, voyant comme il rompt tout.
¹⁷ Qui s'en approchera avec l'épée ? ni elle, ni la lance, ni le dard, ni la cuirasse, ne pourront point subsister [devant lui].
¹⁸ Il ne tient pas plus de compte du fer que de la paille ; et de l'airain, que du bois pourri.
¹⁹ La flèche ne le fera point fuir, les pierres d'une fronde lui sont comme du chaume.
²⁰ Il tient les machines de guerre comme des brins de chaume ; et il se moque du javelot qu'on lance sur lui.
²¹ Il a sous soi des tests aigus, et il abat [sous soi] des roseaux pointus [en se couchant] sur la boue.
²² Il fait bouillonner le gouffre comme une chaudière, et rend semblable la mer à un chaudron de parfumeur.
²³ Il fait reluire après soi son sentier, et on prendrait l'abîme pour une tête blanchie de vieillesse.
²⁴ Il n'y a rien sur la terre qui lui puisse être comparé, ayant été fait pour ne rien craindre.
²⁵ Il voit [au-dessous de lui] tout ce qu'il y a de plus élevé ; il est Roi sur tous les plus fiers animaux.