Crocodile

Crocodile, an animal doubtless referred to under the name Leviathan (לַויָתָן) in the famous description of Job 41 (Job 40:24), of which the following is a close rendering:

Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or with a cord canst thou press down his tongue? Say, canst thou put a rush-[rope] in his nose, Or with a tholn-[hook] canst thou bore his jaw? Will he multiply to thee supplications; Supposest thou he will speak to thee soft [things]? Will he ratify a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant [for] ever? Wilt thou play with him as with the sparrow, Or tie him for thy maidens? Shall there dig [a pit] for him partners, [And] share him between Canaanites [i.e. merchants]? Canst thou fill with darts his skin, Or with a fish-spear [i.e. harpoon] his head? Lay upon him [but] thy hand Thou wilt remember battle no more! Lo! his [i.e. the assailant's] hope has been belied: At the very sight of him will he be prostrated? None [so] bold that will rouse him! (Then who [is] he [that] before Me shall take a stand? Who has anticipated me [in giving], that I should repay? Under the whole heavens to me [belongs] that!) I will not pass in silence his members, And famed strength, and beauteous armature. Who has disclosed the surface of his covering? In his double [row] of grinders who can enter? The valves of his face who has opened? The circuits of his teeth [are] frightful! A pride [are his] strong shields [i.e. scales], Shut [with] a close seal: