Job 41:12–27

¹²“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,^e

its strength^f and its graceful form.

¹³Who can strip off its outer coat?

Who can penetrate its double coat of armor^b?^g

¹⁴Who dares open the doors of its mouth,^h

ringed about with fearsome teeth?

¹⁵Its back has^c rows of shields

tightly sealed together;ⁱ

¹⁶each is so close to the next

that no air can pass between.

¹⁷They are joined fast to one another;

they cling together and cannot be parted.

¹⁸Its snorting throws out flashes of light;

its eyes are like the rays of dawn.^j

¹⁹Flames^k stream from its mouth;

sparks of fire shoot out.

²⁰Smoke pours from its nostrils^l

as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

²¹Its breath^m sets coals ablaze,

and flames dart from its mouth.ⁿ

²²Strength^o resides in its neck;

dismay goes before it.

²³The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;

they are firm and immovable.

²⁴Its chest is hard as rock,

hard as a lower millstone.^p

²⁵When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;^q

they retreat before its thrashing.^r

²⁶The sword that reaches it has no effect,

nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.^s

²⁷Iron it treats like straw^t

and bronze like rotten wood.