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 (Segond 21)

¹ »Tout espoir de le vaincre est trompeur. A son seul aspect n'est-on pas terrassé?
² Si personne n'est assez courageux pour l'exciter, qui donc pourrait me résister en face?
³ *Qui m'a donné le premier pour que je le paie en retour? Tout ce qui est sous le ciel m'appartient.
⁴ »Je veux encore parler de ses membres, de sa puissance et de la beauté de sa constitution.
⁵ Qui l'a dépouillé de son habit? Qui pourra pénétrer entre ses mâchoires?
⁶ Qui a ouvert les portes de sa gueule? Autour de ses dents, c'est la terreur!
⁷ Ses fiers et puissants boucliers sont étroitement et solidement liés.
⁸ Ils sont si serrés que l'air ne passe pas entre eux.
⁹ Collés l'un contre l'autre, ils sont imbriqués, inséparables.
¹⁰ »Ses éternuements dégagent de la lumière; ses yeux sont pareils aux paupières de l'aurore.
¹¹ Des flammes jaillissent de sa bouche, des étincelles de feu s'en échappent.
¹² Une fumée sort de ses narines, comme d'une marmite qui bout ou d'un chaudron surchauffé.
¹³ Son souffle allume des charbons, de sa gueule sort une flamme.
¹⁴ La force se loge dans son cou. Devant lui on bondit d'épouvante.
¹⁵ »Les éléments de son corps tiennent solidement ensemble, comme coulés d'une pièce, inébranlables.
¹⁶ Son cœur est aussi résistant que la pierre, aussi résistant que la pierre de meule du bas.
¹⁷ Quand il se lève, les plus puissants ont peur et s'enfuient, affolés.
¹⁸ L'approcher avec l'épée est inefficace, tout comme avec la lance, le javelot et la cuirasse.
¹⁹ A ses yeux, le fer n'est que de la paille et le bronze du bois pourri.
²⁰ La flèche ne le fait pas fuir, les pierres de la fronde sont des brins de paille pour lui.
²¹ Il ne voit dans la massue qu'un brin de paille, il rit au sifflement du javelot.
²² »Sous son ventre se trouvent des pointes aiguës: on dirait une herse qu'il traîne sur de la vase.
²³ Il fait bouillonner le fond de la mer comme une marmite, il l'agite comme un vase rempli de parfum.
²⁴ Il laisse après lui un sentier lumineux, les flots prennent une teinte blanche.
²⁵ Sur la terre personne n'est son maître; il a été créé pour n'éprouver aucune peur.
²⁶ Il défie tout ce qui est grand, il est le roi des plus fiers animaux.»