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
