| 第1段 | |
| 中文： | 你能用鱼钩钓上鳄鱼吗。能用绳子压下它的舌头吗。 |
| 英文： | Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? |
| 第2段 | |
| 中文： | 你能用绳索穿它的鼻子吗。能用钩穿它的腮骨吗。 |
| 英文： | Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? |
| 第3段 | |
| 中文： | 它岂向你连连恳求，说柔和的话吗。 |
| 英文： | Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? |
| 第4段 | |
| 中文： | 岂肯与你立约，使你拿它永远作奴仆吗。 |
| 英文： | Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? |
| 第5段 | |
| 中文： | 你岂可拿它当雀鸟玩耍吗。岂可为你的幼女将它拴住吗。 |
| 英文： | Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? |
| 第6段 | |
| 中文： | 搭夥的渔夫岂可拿它当货物吗。能把它分给商人吗。 |
| 英文： | Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? |
| 第7段 | |
| 中文： | 你能用倒钩枪扎满它的皮，能用鱼叉叉满它的头吗。 |
| 英文： | Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? |
| 第8段 | |
| 中文： | 你按手在它身上，想与它争战，就不再这样行吧。 |
| 英文： | Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. |
| 第9段 | |
| 中文： | 人指望捉拿它是徒然的。一见它，岂不丧胆吗。 |
| 英文： | Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? |
| 第10段 | |
| 中文： | 没有那吗凶猛的人敢惹它。这样，谁能在我面前删立得住呢。 |
| 英文： | None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? |
| 第11段 | |
| 中文： | 谁先给我什么，使我偿还呢。天下万物都是我的。 |
| 英文： | Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. |
| 第12段 | |
| 中文： | 论到鳄鱼的肢体和其大力，并美好的骨骼，我不能缄默不言。 |
| 英文： | I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. |
| 第13段 | |
| 中文： | 谁能剥它的外衣。谁能进它上下牙骨之间呢。 |
| 英文： | Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? |
| 第14段 | |
| 中文： | 谁能开它的腮颊。它牙齿四围是可畏的。 |
| 英文： | Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. |
| 第15段 | |
| 中文： | 它以坚固的鳞甲为可夸，紧紧合闭，封得严密。 |
| 英文： | His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. |
| 第16段 | |
| 中文： | 这鳞甲一一相连，甚至气不得透入其间， |
| 英文： | One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. |
| 第17段 | |
| 中文： | 都是互相联络，胶结，不能分离。 |
| 英文： | They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. |
| 第18段 | |
| 中文： | 它打喷嚏就发出光来。它眼睛好像早晨的光线（原文作眼皮）。 |
| 英文： | By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
| 第19段 | |
| 中文： | 从它口中发出烧着的火把，与飞迸的火星。 |
| 英文： | Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. |
| 第20段 | |
| 中文： | 从它鼻孔冒出烟来，如烧开的锅和点着的芦苇。 |
| 英文： | Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. |
| 第21段 | |
| 中文： | 它的气点着煤炭，有火焰从它口中发出。 |
| 英文： | His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. |
| 第22段 | |
| 中文： | 它颈项中存着劲力。在它面前的都恐吓蹦跳。 |
| 英文： | In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. |
| 第23段 | |
| 中文： | 它的肉块互相联络，紧贴其身，不能摇动。 |
| 英文： | The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. |
| 第24段 | |
| 中文： | 它的心结实如石头，如下磨石那样结实。 |
| 英文： | His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. |
| 第25段 | |
| 中文： | 它一起来，勇士都惊恐，心里慌乱，便都昏迷。 |
| 英文： | When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. |
| 第26段 | |
| 中文： | 人若用刀，用枪，用标枪，用尖枪扎它，都是无用。 |
| 英文： | The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. |
| 第27段 | |
| 中文： | 它以铁为乾草，以铜为烂木。 |
| 英文： | He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. |
| 第28段 | |
| 中文： | 箭不能恐吓它使它逃避。弹石在它看为碎秸。 |
| 英文： | The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. |
| 第29段 | |
| 中文： | 棍棒算为禾秸。它嗤笑短枪飕的响声。 |
| 英文： | Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. |
| 第30段 | |
| 中文： | 它肚腹下如尖瓦片，它如钉耙经过淤泥。 |
| 英文： | Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. |
| 第31段 | |
| 中文： | 它使深渊开滚如锅，使洋海如锅中的膏油。 |
| 英文： | He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. |
| 第32段 | |
| 中文： | 它行的路随后发光，令人想深渊如同白发。 |
| 英文： | He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. |
| 第33段 | |
| 中文： | 在地上没有像它造的那样，无所惧怕。 |
| 英文： | Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. |
| 第34段 | |
| 中文： | 凡高大的，它无不藐视。它在骄傲的水族上作王。 |
| 英文： | He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. |