| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? | 1"Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? |
| 2"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? | 2Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook? |
| 3"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? | 3Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words? |
| 4"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? | 4Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life? |
| 5"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? | 5Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house? |
| 6"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? | 6Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants? |
| 7"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? | 7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears? |
| 8"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! | 8If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again! |
| 9"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? | 9Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering. |
| 10"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? | 10No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me? |
| 11"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. | 11Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. |
| 12"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. | 12"I will not fail to speak of Leviathan's limbs, its strength and its graceful form. |
| 13"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? | 13Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? |
| 14"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. | 14Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? |
| 15"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. | 15Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; |
| 16"One is so near to another That no air can come between them. | 16each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. |
| 17"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. | 17They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. |
| 18"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. | 18Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn. |
| 19"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. | 19Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. |
| 20"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. | 20Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. |
| 21"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. | 21Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth. |
| 22"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. | 22Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. |
| 23"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. | 23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. |
| 24"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. | 24Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. |
| 25"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. | 25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing. |
| 26"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. | 26The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. |
| 27"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. | 27Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. |
| 28"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. | 28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. |
| 29"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. | 29A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance. |
| 30"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. | 30Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. |
| 31"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. | 31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. |
| 32"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. | 32It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair. |
| 33"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. | 33Nothing on earth is its equal-- a creature without fear. |
| 34"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." | 34It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud." |
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