Job 41:9–24

⁹“Look, the hope of capturing it^f is false.

Will one be hurled down even at its sight?

¹⁰Is it not fierce when somebody stirs it?

Who then is he who would stand before it?^g

¹¹Who has come to confront me, that^h I should repay him?

Under all the heavens, it belongs to me.ⁱ

¹²“I will not keep quiet concerning its limbs

or^j concerning the extent of its might and the gracefulness of its frame.

¹³Who can strip off its outer covering?^k

Who can penetrate its double harness?

¹⁴Who can open the doors of its face?

Its teeth all around are fearsome.

¹⁵Its back^l has scales of shields;

it is shut up closely as with a seal.

¹⁶They are close to one another—^m

evenⁿ the air cannot come between them.

¹⁷They are joined one to another;^o

they cling together and cannot be separated.

¹⁸“Its snorting flashes forth light,

and its eyes are red like dawn.^p

¹⁹Torches go from its mouth;

sparks of fire shoot out.

²⁰Smoke comes from its nostrils

as from a kettle boiling and burning bulrushes.

²¹Its breath kindles charcoal,

and a flame comes from its mouth.

²²“Strength abides in its neck,

and dismay^q dances before it.^r

²³Its flesh’s folds of skin cling together;

it is cast on it—it will not be moved.

²⁴Its heart is cast as stone;

yes,^s it is cast as the lower millstone.