| Vers | Hebrew OT: Aleppo Codex † | English: King James Version |
| 1 | א הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל | Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? |
| 2 | ב לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב | Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? |
| 3 | ג מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא | Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? |
| 4 | ד לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו | Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? |
| 5 | ה מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא | Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? |
| 6 | ו דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה | Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? |
| 7 | ז גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר | Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish spears? |
| 8 | ח אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא-יבא ביניהם | Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. |
| 9 | ט איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו | Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? |
| 10 | י עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר | None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? |
| 11 | יא מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו | Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. |
| 12 | יב מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן | I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. |
| 13 | יג נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא | Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? |
| 14 | יד בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה | Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. |
| 15 | טו מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט | His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. |
| 16 | טז לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית | One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. |
| 17 | יז משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו | They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. |
| 18 | יח משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה | By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
| 19 | יט יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה | Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. |
| 20 | כ לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע | Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. |
| 21 | כא כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון | His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. |
| 22 | כב תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי-טיט | In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. |
| 23 | כג ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. |
| 24 | כד אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה | His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. |
| 25 | כה אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת | When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. |
| 26 | כו את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ | The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. |
| 27 | He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. | |
| 28 | The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. | |
| 29 | Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. | |
| 30 | Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. | |
| 31 | He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. | |
| 32 | He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. | |
| 33 | Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. | |
| 34 | He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. |