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

S21 ¹ »Tout espoir de le vaincre est trompeur.
A son seul aspect n'est-on pas terrassé?

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

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

S21 ² Si personne n'est assez courageux pour l'exciter,
qui donc pourrait me résister en face?

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

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

S21 ³ *Qui m'a donné le premier pour que je le paie en retour? 
Tout ce qui est sous le ciel m'appartient.

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

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

S21 ⁴ »Je veux encore parler de ses membres,
de sa puissance et de la beauté de sa constitution.

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

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

S21 ⁵ Qui l'a dépouillé de son habit?
Qui pourra pénétrer entre ses mâchoires?

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

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

S21 ⁶ Qui a ouvert les portes de sa gueule?
Autour de ses dents, c'est la terreur!

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

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

S21 ⁷ Ses fiers et puissants boucliers
sont étroitement et solidement liés.

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

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

S21 ⁸ Ils sont si serrés
que l'air ne passe pas entre eux.

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

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

S21 ⁹ Collés l'un contre l'autre,
ils sont imbriqués, inséparables.

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

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

S21 ¹⁰ »Ses éternuements dégagent de la lumière;
ses yeux sont pareils aux paupières de l'aurore.

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

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

S21 ¹¹ Des flammes jaillissent de sa bouche,
des étincelles de feu s'en échappent.

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

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

S21 ¹² Une fumée sort de ses narines,
comme d'une marmite qui bout ou d'un chaudron surchauffé.

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

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

S21 ¹³ Son souffle allume des charbons,
de sa gueule sort une flamme.

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

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

S21 ¹⁴ La force se loge dans son cou.
Devant lui on bondit d'épouvante.

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

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

S21 ¹⁵ »Les éléments de son corps tiennent solidement ensemble,
comme coulés d'une pièce, inébranlables.

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

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

S21 ¹⁶ Son cœur est aussi résistant que la pierre,
aussi résistant que la pierre de meule du bas.

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

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

S21 ¹⁷ Quand il se lève, les plus puissants ont peur
et s'enfuient, affolés.

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

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

S21 ¹⁸ L'approcher avec l'épée est inefficace,
tout comme avec la lance, le javelot et la cuirasse.

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

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

S21 ¹⁹ A ses yeux, le fer n'est que de la paille
et le bronze du bois pourri.

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

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

S21 ²⁰ La flèche ne le fait pas fuir,
les pierres de la fronde sont des brins de paille pour lui.

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

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

S21 ²¹ Il ne voit dans la massue qu'un brin de paille,
il rit au sifflement du javelot.

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

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

S21 ²² »Sous son ventre se trouvent des pointes aiguës:
on dirait une herse qu'il traîne sur de la vase.

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

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

S21 ²³ Il fait bouillonner le fond de la mer comme une marmite,
il l'agite comme un vase rempli de parfum.

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

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

S21 ²⁴ Il laisse après lui un sentier lumineux,
les flots prennent une teinte blanche.

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

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

S21 ²⁵ Sur la terre personne n'est son maître;
il a été créé pour n'éprouver aucune peur.

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.

S21 ²⁶ Il défie tout ce qui est grand,
il est le roi des plus fiers animaux.»

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.