41 ^[a] “Can you draw out Levi′athan^[b] 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 supplications to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
⁴ Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for your servant for ever?
⁵ Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on leash for your maidens?
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 hands on him;
    think of the battle; you will not do it again!
^9 [c] Behold, the hope of a man is disappointed;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
¹⁰ No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he that can stand before me?
¹¹ Who has given to me,^[d] that I should repay him?
    Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.