What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou {art} as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. {whale: or, dragon}

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; {foundations: Heb. sockets} {fastened: Heb. made to sink?}

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?}

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct {him}? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

His bones {are as} strong pieces of brass; his bones {are} like bars of iron.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that {it was} good.