1  ¹ “Can you draw out ^gLeviathan² with a fishhook

or press down his tongue with a cord?

2  Can you put a rope in his nose

or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3  Will he make many pleas to you?

Will he speak to you soft words?

4  Will he make a covenant with you

to take him for your ^hservant forever?

5  Will you play with him as with a bird,

or will you put him on a leash for your girls?

6  Will traders bargain over him?

Will they divide him up among the merchants?

7  Can you fill his skin with harpoons

or his head with fishing spears?

8  Lay your hands on him;

remember the battle—you will not do it again!