Job 41:1-9

1“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

2Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

3Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

4Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you? Will you take him for your servant forever?

5Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?

6Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants?

7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?

8Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!

9Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?