Job 41:1-11

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? “Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose Or pierce his jaw through with a hook? “Will 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]? “Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you? Will you take him for your servant forever? “Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens? “Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? “Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? “Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again! “Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him? “No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan; Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]? “Who has first given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. [Who can have a claim against Me who made the unmastered beast?] [Rom 11:35]