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.

1Canst thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou lettest downe?

2Canst thou put an hooke into his nose? or bore his iawe through with a thorne?

3Will he make many supplications vnto thee? will he speake soft words vnto thee?

4Will he make a couenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a seruant for euer?

5Wilt thou play with him as with a birde? wilt thou binde him for thy maydens?

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

7Canst thou fill his skinne with barbed irons? or his head with fishspeares?

8Lay thine hand vpon him, remember the battell: doe no more.

9Behold, the hope of him is in vaine: shall not one be cast downe euen at the sight of him?

10None is so fierce that dare stirre him vp: who then is able to stand before me?

11Who hath preuented me that I should repay him? whatsoeuer is vnder the whole heauen, is mine.

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

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

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

15His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.

16One is so neere to another, that no ayre can come betweene them.

17They are ioyned one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.

18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.

19Out of his mouth goe burning lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.

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

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

22In his necke remaineth strength, and sorrowe is turned into ioy before him.

23The flakes of his flesh are ioyned together: they are firme in themselues, they cannot be moued.

24His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.

25When he rayseth vp himselfe, the mightie are afraid: by reason of breakings they purifie themselues.

26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the habergeon.

27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brasse as rotten wood.

28The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a speare.

30Sharpe stones are vnder him: he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vpon the mire.

31He maketh the deepe to boyle like a pot: hee maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment.

32Hee maketh a path to shine after him; one would thinke the deepe to bee hoarie.

33Upon earth there is not his like: who is made without feare.

34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king ouer all the children of pride.

I == Ps 104:26 ; Isa 27:1

 

II == Isa 37:29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XI == Ex 19:5 ; Deut 10:14 ; Ps 24:1 ; 50:12 ; Rom 11:35 ; 1st Cor 10:26 , 28

 

1 Whoever might vainly hope to do so need only see him to be overthrown.

2 Is he not relentless when aroused; who then dares stand before him?

3 Who has assailed him and come off safe - Who under all the heavens?

4 I need hardly mention his limbs, his strength, and the fitness of his armor.

5 Who can strip off his outer garment, or penetrate his double corselet?

6 Who can force open the doors of his mouth, close to his terrible teeth?

7 Rows of scales are on his back, tightly sealed together;

8 They are fitted each so close to the next that no space intervenes;

9 So joined one to another that they hold fast and cannot be parted.

10 When he sneezes, light flashes forth; his eyes are like those of the dawn.

11 Out of his mouth go forth firebrands; sparks of fire leap forth.

12 From his nostrils issues steam, as from a seething pot or bowl.

13 His breath sets coals afire; a flame pours from his mouth.

14 Strength abides in his neck, and terror leaps before him.

16 His heart is hard as stone; his flesh, as the lower millstone.

17 When he rises up, the mighty are afraid; the waves of the sea fall back.

18 Should the sword reach him, it will not avail; nor will the spear, nor the dart, nor the javelin.

19 He regards iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.

20 The arrow will not put him to flight; slingstones used against him are but straws.

21 Clubs he esteems as splinters; he laughs at the crash of the spear.

22 His belly is sharp as pottery fragments; he spreads like a threshing sledge upon the mire.

23 He makes the depths boil like a pot; the sea he churns like perfume in a kettle.

24 Behind him he leaves a shining path; you would think the deep had the hoary head of age.

25 Upon the earth there is not his like, intrepid he was made.

26 All, however lofty, fear him; he is king over all proud beasts.

Contrary to those who think, Leviathan, is a crocodile, with it’s armor and fierceness, verses 18-21 neesing is sneezing would indicate some type of fire breathing dragon, or sea monster, Ps. 104:26. Egyptians drew out crocodiles with a hook in the lower jaw, but could not handle this animal. Dragons are not fables, they actually existed in known history, and some could well have been equipped to breath “fire” just like a bombardier beetle which does so. At any rate it does not fear man, and as Job realized that only God could control these animals, only God can control and conquer the evil in the world. There were ships by it in Ps. 104:26.