¹² I must tell you how strong Leviathan's legs are.
Their bodies are very strong
    and they have a wonderful shape.
¹³ Nobody is able to remove their thick skin.
    It is like armour that nobody can cut through.
¹⁴ Nobody is strong enough to open its mouth.
    Its teeth make everyone afraid.
¹⁵ Its back is like rows of shields.
    They are as hard as stone with no spaces between them.
¹⁶ Each shield is very near the next one.
    Not even air can pass between them.
¹⁷ They are strongly joined together,
    and nothing can pull them apart.

¹⁸ When Leviathan breathes out loudly,
    bright light shines from its nose.
Its eyes shine like the red sun at dawn.
¹⁹ Fire comes out from its mouth.
    Bright flames shoot out!
²⁰ Smoke pours out from its nose,
    like reeds that burn under a pot.
²¹ Its breath is hot enough to light a fire!
    Flames pour out of its mouth.
²² Its neck is very strong.
Wherever it goes,
    people shake with fear.
²³ There are no weak places in its skin.
    Its skin is as hard as iron.
²⁴ It is cruel and it has no fear.
    Its heart is as hard as stone.

²⁵ Even the bravest people are afraid
    when Leviathan appears.
They run away when it starts to move.
²⁶ If you hit it with a sword,
    you will not hurt it.
Spears, arrows and knives will be useless.
²⁷ It can easily break iron or bronze weapons.
    It breaks them as easily as grass or soft wood.
²⁸ If you shoot arrows at it,
    it will not run away.
If you use a sling to throw stones at it,
    the stones will hurt it no more than bits of chaff.
²⁹ If you hit it with a heavy stick,
    that hurts it no more than a piece of straw.
If you throw a spear at it,
    it laughs!
³⁰ Its stomach has sharp pieces,
    like bits of a pot that someone has broken.
When it moves along,
    it ploughs the soil under it.
³¹ When it swims in the deep water of the sea,
    the water seems to boil.
It makes big waves,
    like oil that is boiling in a pot.
³² As it swims, the water behind it shines.
    It makes waves that look like white hair on the sea.
³³ There is no other animal like it in the whole world.
    It is not afraid of anything.
³⁴ It does not respect any other great animal.
    It rules as king over all the proud animals.’