Leviathan is further described by the peculiar parts of his body, and terrible composition of all his members.Leuiathan is further described by the peculiar partes of his bodie, and terrible composition of al his members.✦
Not as cruel will I raise him: for who can resist my countenance?NOT as cruel wil I raise him: for who can resist my countenance?Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum : quis enim resistere potest vultui meo ?
2Who hath given me before, that I may render unto him? All things that are under heaven be mine.Who hath geuen me before, that I may render vnto him? Al thinges that are vnder heauen be myne.✦Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei ? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.
3I will not spare him, and his mighty words, and compositis: composed, fashioned to beseech.I wil not spare him, and his mightie wordes, and framed to beseech.✦Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
4Who shall reveal the face of his garment: and who shall enter into the midst of his mouth?Who shal reuele the face of his garment: and who shal enter into the middes of his mouth?✦Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus ? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit ?
5Who shall open the gate of his countenance? dread is round about his teeth.Who shal open the gate of his countenance? dreade is round about his teeth.✦Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet ? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.
6His body as shields that are cast, compact with scales fast cleaving together.His bodie as shildes that are cast, compact with skales fast cleauing together.✦Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
7One is joined to another, and not so much as any air entereth between them:One is ioyned to an other, and not so much as anie ayre entereth betwen them:✦Una uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.
8One shall stick to another, and holding each other, they shall not be separated.One shal sticke to an other, & holding eche other, they shal not be seperated.✦Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
9His sneezing is as the shining of fire, and his eyes as the twinklings of the morning.His sneesing is as the shining of fire, & his eies as the twinklings of the morning.✦Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis, et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi.
10Out of his mouth proceed lamps, as it were torches of lighted fire.Out of his mouth procede lampes, as it were torches of lighted fire.✦De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.
11Out of his nostrils proceedeth smoke, as it were of a pot heated and boiling.Out of his nosthrels procedeth smoke, as it were of a pot heated and boyling.✦De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.
12His breath maketh coals to burn, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.His breath maketh coales to burne, & a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.✦Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.
13In his neck shall strength abide, and egestas: emotional dependence; want, destitution goeth before his face.In his necke shal strength abide, & needines goeth before his face.✦In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo, et faciem ejus præcedit egestas.
14The members of his flesh cleave together one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and he shall not be carried to another place.The members of his flesh cleaue together one to an other: he shal send lightnings against him, and he shal not be caried to an other place.✦Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi : mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.
15His heart shall be hardened as a stone, and shall be stiffly compact as the smith's incus: anvil.His hart shal be hardened as a stone, and shal be stifly compact as the smithes stithie.✦Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
16When he shall be taken away, the Angels shall fear, and being feared shall be purged.When he shal be taken away, the Angels shal feare, and being feared shal be purged.✦Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
17When the sword shall apprehend him, neither spear, nor breastplate shall be able to abide.When the sword shal apprehend him, neither speare, nor brestplate shal be able to abide.✦Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax :
18For he shall esteem iron as chaff, and brass, as rotten wood.For he shal esteme yron as chaffe, and brasse, as rotten wood.✦reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum æs.
19The bowman shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling, to him are turned into stubble.The bowman shal not put him to flight, the stones of the sling, to him are turned into stubble.✦Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius : in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.
20As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn that shaketh the spear.As stubble wil he esteme the hammer, and he wil laugh him to skorne that shaketh the speare.✦Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
21The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall sternet: dried grain stalks; strew, scatter gold under him as dirt.The beames of the sunne shal be vnder him, and he shal straw gold vnder him as durt.✦Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
22He shall make the deep sea to boil as a pot, and shall put it as when ointments boil.He shal make the deepe sea to boyle as a pot, and shal put it as when ointmentes boyle.✦Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
23A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the depth as waxing old.A path shal shine after him, he shal esteme the depth as waxing old.✦Post eum lucebit semita : æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
24There is no power upon the earth, that may be compared with him, who is made to fear no man.There is no power vpon the earth, that may be compared with him, who is made to feare no man.✦Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
25He seeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.He seeth euerie high thing, he is king ouer al the children of pryde.✦Omne sublime videt : ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.