The Heart of Leviathen

The Leviathan:

- the mere sight of him is overpowering

- no one is fierce enough to rouse him

- who can strip off his outer coat?

- who would approach him with a bridle?

- who dares open the doors of his mouth, ringed about with his fearsome teeth?

- his back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted

- his snorting throws out flashes of light

- his eyes are like the rays of dawn

- firebrands stream from his mouth; sparks of fire shoot out

- smoke pours from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds

- his breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth

- strength resides in his neck; dismay goes before him

- the folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable

- his chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone

- when he rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before his thrashing

- the sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin

- iron he treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood

- arrows do not make him flee; slingstones are like chaff to him

- a club seems to him but a piece of straw; he laughs at the rattling of the lance

- his undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge

- he makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment

- behind him he leaves a glistening wake; one would think the deep had white hair

- nothing on earth is his equal — a creature WITHOUT FEAR

- he looks down on all that are haughty; he is king over all that are proud

Job 41