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 (Ostervald)

¹ Il n'y a point d'homme si hardi qui l'ose réveiller; et qui se tiendra debout devant moi?
² Qui m'a fait des avances, et je lui rendrai? Tout ce qui est sous les cieux est à moi.
³ Je ne me tairai pas sur ses membres, sur ses forces, et sur la beauté de sa stature.
⁴ Qui a soulevé le dessus de son vêtement? Qui est entré dans sa double mâchoire?
⁵ Qui a ouvert les portes de sa gueule? La terreur est autour de ses dents.
⁶ Ses puissants boucliers sont superbes; ils sont fermés, étroitement scellés.
⁷ Ils se touchent l'un l'autre, le vent ne passe point entre eux.
⁸ Ils sont adhérents l'un à l'autre; ils se tiennent, ils ne se séparent point.
⁹ Ses éternuements jettent un éclat de lumière, et ses yeux sont comme les paupières de l'aurore.
¹⁰ De sa bouche sortent des lueurs, et s'échappent des étincelles de feu.
¹¹ De ses narines sort une fumée, comme d'un vase qui bout ou d'une chaudière.
¹² Son souffle enflammerait des charbons, et une flamme sort de sa gueule.
¹³ Dans son cou réside la force, et la terreur marche devant lui.
¹⁴ Les fanons de sa chair sont adhérents; ils sont massifs, inébranlables.
¹⁵ Son coeur est massif comme une pierre, massif comme la meule de dessous.
¹⁶ Quand il se lève, les plus forts tremblent, ils défaillent d'effroi.
¹⁷ Quand on l'approche, l'épée ne sert à rien, ni la lance, ni le dard, ni la cuirasse.
¹⁸ Il regarde le fer comme de la paille, et l'airain comme du bois pourri.
¹⁹ La flèche ne le fait pas fuir, les pierres de la fronde sont pour lui comme du chaume;
²⁰ Comme du chaume, la massue; il se rit du frémissement des javelots.
²¹ Son ventre a des tessons pointus: il étend une herse sur le limon.
²² Il fait bouillonner le gouffre comme une chaudière, il rend la mer semblable à un vase de parfumeur.
²³ Il laisse après lui une trace brillante, on dirait sur l'abîme une blanche chevelure.
²⁴ Il n'a pas son pareil sur la terre; il a été fait pour ne rien craindre.
²⁵ Il regarde tout ce qui est élevé; il est roi des plus fiers animaux.