1 \41:10\He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
2 \41:11\Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!
3 \41:12\I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.
4 \41:13\Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?
5 \41:14\Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.
6 \41:15\His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp.
7 \41:16\One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.
8 \41:17\They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.
9 \41:18\His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.
10 \41:19\Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
11 \41:20\Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
12 \41:21\His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
13 \41:22\Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him.
14 \41:23\The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.
15 \41:24\His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.
16 \41:25\When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.
17 \41:26\The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron.
18 \41:27\Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.
19 \41:28\The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.
20 \41:29\A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
21 \41:30\Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.
22 \41:31\The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.
23 \41:32\After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.
24 \41:33\On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear.
25 \41:34\Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.
1 "你能用鱼钩钓上鳄鱼吗？能用绳子把它的舌头压下吗？
2 能把草绳穿进它的鼻子吗？能用刺钩穿透它的腮骨吗？
3 它会向你再三恳求， 对你说温柔的话吗？
4 它肯与你立约， 好使你永远奴役它吗？
5 你怎能玩弄它， 像玩弄雀鸟一样呢？怎能把它拴住， 给你的幼女取乐呢？
6 结伙的渔夫怎能拿它当货物买卖呢？怎能把它分给商人呢？
7 你能用倒钩扎满它的皮吗？能用鱼叉扎满它的头吗？
8 你把手按在它身上， 想到与它的战斗， 你就不再是这样作了。（本章第1-8节在《马索拉抄本》为40:25-32）
9 人希望捉住它是徒然的， 人一见它， 就心惊胆战。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为41:1）
10 人惹它的时候， 它不是很凶猛吗？这样， 有谁人在我面前能站立得住呢？
11 谁先给了我， 以致我要偿还呢？天下万物， 都是我的。
12 论到鳄鱼的四肢和它的力气， 以及美好的体态， 我不能缄默不言。
13 谁能揭开它的外皮呢？谁能进入它上下两颚之间呢？
14 谁能打开它的口呢？它的牙齿令人战栗。
15 它的背有一行一行的鳞甲， 紧紧合闭着， 像印得很紧的印章一样。
16 这鳞甲一一相连接， 连气也透不入其间，
17 鳞甲一一互相连合， 互相紧贴， 不能分离。
18 它打的喷嚏闪出光来， 它的眼睛如同清晨的阳光；
19 有火从它的口中发出， 火星四射；
20 有烟从它的鼻孔里冒出来， 像从沸腾的锅中和烧着的芦苇里冒出来一样；
21 它的气可以点着煤炭， 有火焰从它的口里喷出来，
22 它的颈项上存着能力， 惊恐在它面前跳跃。
23 它下垂的肌肉紧贴在一起， 牢牢地贴在身上， 不能摇动。
24 它的心坚实如石头， 如下磨石那样坚实。
25 它一起来， 勇士都惊慌， 因惊惶过度举止失措。
26 追上它的刀剑都没用， 矛枪、标枪、短枪也是这样。
27 它把铁当作干草， 把铜当作朽木。
28 弓箭不能使它逃跑， 甩石机弦在它看来不过是碎秸。
29 棍棒被它当作碎秸， 短枪飕飕之声它也讥笑。
30 它的腹下像锐利的瓦片， 它在泥上碾过如同有利钉的耙犁田一样。
31 它使深渊沸腾， 它搅动海洋如在鼎中调制膏油。
32 它使自己行过的路发出白光， 令人把深渊当作白发老人。
33 在世上没有一样像它的， 它是无所惧怕的动物；
34 所有高大的动物， 它都藐视， 它在一切狂傲的野兽之上作王。"