1 See, the hope set on him proves false; will one not be thrown down at the very sight of him? 2 No one is so fierce as to rouse him, and who is the one who can stand before him? 3 Who came before me in the works of creation, that I should repay him? Is not everything under the heavens mine? 4 I will not keep silent about his boasting, or the word of his might, or the pleading that concerns him. 5 Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who can enter into the fold of his bridle? 6 Who can open the doors of his face? Terror surrounds his teeth. 7 The pride of the plates is his shields, held fast as with a tight seal. 8 One against another his fangs draw near, and no wind enters between them. 9 Each is pressed to its fellow; they cling together and do not separate. 10 His sneezes make light shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. 11 From his mouth go torches; sparks of fire escape. 12 From his nostrils smoke comes out, like a fanned cauldron that boils. 13 His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. 14 Strength lodges in his neck, and sorrow leaps before him. 15 The folds of his flesh cleave together; it is set firm upon him so that it does not move. 16 His heart is set firm like stone, and hard like the lower millstone. 17 When he rises up the mighty are afraid; because of the breakings they pass sentence on themselves. 18 If the sword reaches him, it will not stand, nor the javelin, nor the sling that hurls stones, nor the coat of mail. 19 He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood. 20 The arrow of the bow does not make him flee; sling stones are counted as stubble by him. 21 Axes are counted as stubble by him; he laughs at the shaking of the spear. 22 Under him are sharp points like a potsherd; he spreads out much gold upon the mire. 23 He makes the deep boil like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a seething pot. 24 Behind him a path shines; one would think the deep to be gray-haired. 25 On the dust there is no dominion like his, who was made so that he would not be broken. 26 He looks on everything lofty; he is king over all the children of the fish. Another reading: he is king over all the sons of lions.”⁠a