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.»