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1你能用魚鉤釣上嗎?能用繩子壓下牠的舌頭嗎?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2你能用繩索穿牠的鼻子嗎?能用鉤穿牠的腮骨嗎?Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3牠豈向你連連懇求,說柔和的話嗎?Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4豈肯與你立約,使你拿牠永遠作奴僕嗎?Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5你豈可拿牠當雀鳥玩耍嗎?豈可為你的幼女將牠拴住嗎?Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6搭夥的漁夫豈可拿牠當貨物嗎?能把牠分給商人嗎?Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7你能用倒鉤槍扎滿牠的皮,能用魚叉叉滿牠的頭嗎?Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8你按手在牠身上,想與牠爭戰,就不再這樣行吧!If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9人指望捉拿牠是徒然的;一見牠,豈不喪膽嗎?Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10沒有那麼兇猛的人敢惹牠。這樣,誰能在我面前站立得住呢?No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11,使我償還呢?天下萬物都是我的。Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12論到鱷魚的肢體和其大力,並美好的骨骼,我不能。I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13誰能剝牠的外衣?誰能進牠上下牙骨之間呢?Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14誰能開牠的腮頰?牠牙齒四圍是可畏的。Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15牠以堅固的鱗甲為可誇,緊緊合閉,封得嚴密。His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16這鱗甲一一相連,甚至氣不得透入其間,One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17都是互相聯絡、膠結,不能分離。They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18牠打噴嚏就發出光來;牠眼睛好像早晨的光線(原文是眼皮)。His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19從牠口中發出燒著的火把,與飛迸的火星;Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20從牠鼻孔冒出煙來,如燒開的鍋和點著的蘆葦。Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21牠的氣點著煤炭,有火焰從牠口中發出。His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22牠頸項中存著勁力;在牠面前的都恐嚇蹦跳。Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23牠的肉塊互相聯絡,緊貼其身,不能搖動。The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24牠的心結實如石頭,如那樣結實。His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25牠一起來,勇士都驚恐,心裡慌亂,便都昏迷。When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
26人若用刀,用槍,用標槍,用尖槍扎牠,都是無用。The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27牠以鐵為乾草,以銅為爛木。He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
28箭不能恐嚇牠使牠逃避;彈石在牠看為碎秸。No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
29棍棒算為禾秸;牠嗤笑短槍的響聲。A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30牠肚腹下如尖瓦片;牠如經過淤泥。His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31牠使深淵開滾如鍋,使洋海如鍋中的膏油。He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32牠行的路隨後發光,令人想深淵如同白髮。He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
33在地上沒有像牠造的那樣,無所懼怕。Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
34凡高大的,牠無不藐視;牠在驕傲的水族上作王。He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”