Iyov 41
41
1 Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a khakah (fishhook)? Or tie down his leshon with a cord?
2 Canst thou put a hook into his af (nose)? Or bore his jaw through with a barb?
3 Will he make many tachanunim unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 Will he make a brit (covenant) with thee? Wilt thou take him for an eved olam?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a pet bird? Or wilt thou leash him for thy na'arot (maidens)?
6 Shall traders barter for him? Shall they divide him among the Kena'anim (Canaanites, merchants)?
7 Canst thou fill his ohr (skin) with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay thine hand upon him; remember the milchamah. Thou wilt not do it more.
9 See, every tokhelet (expectation) is false; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 None is so foolhardy that dare stir him up. Mi (who) then is able to stand before Me?
11 Mi (who) hath given Me, that I must repay him? Whatsoever is under the kol HaShomayim is Mine.
12 I will not keep silent about his members, nor his gevurah, nor the grace of his form.
13 Mi (who) can remove his outer garment? Or mi (who) can come near him with a double bridle?
14 Mi (who) can open the doors of his face? Terror is round about his teeth.
15 His scales are his ga'avah (pride), shut up together as with a rigid chotam (seal).
16 One is so near to another, that no ruach (air) can pass between them.
17 They are joined one to another; they stick together, inseparably.
18 By his sneezings ohr flares out, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the shachar.
19 Out of his mouth goeth flame, and sparks of eish leap out.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, like a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck resideth oz (strength), and terror dances before him.
23 The flanks of his basar are joined together; they are firm in themselves, immoveable.
24 His lev (chest) is as firm as an even (stone); yea, as hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; shuddering they retreat.
26 The cherev of him that reacheth at him cannot hold — the spear, the dart, nor the harpoon.
27 He esteemeth barzel (iron) like straw, and nechoshet as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as straw; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sharp shards are his under parts; he leaveth a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he stirreth the yam like a pot of ointment.
32 He maketh a wake to shine after him; one would think the deep to be white hair.
33 Upon earth there is not his equal, who is created without fear.
34 He beholdeth all things lofty; he is a melech over every proud beast.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Job 41
41
God’s Power Shown in Creatures
1“#41:1 Ch 40:25 in Hebrew.Can you draw out #41:1 Or the crocodile. In recent years archeologists have uncovered the remains of crocodiles much larger and far more terrifying than those known today.Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?
2“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his nose
Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3“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]?
4“Will he make a covenant or an arrangement with you?
Will you take him for your servant forever?
5“Will you play with him as with a bird?
Or will you bind him [and put him on a leash] for your maidens?
6“Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
7“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?
8“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!
9“#41:9 Ch 41:4 in Hebrew.Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false;
Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him?
10“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]?
11“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]
12¶“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Nor his mighty strength, nor his orderly frame.
13“Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor?
Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?
14“Who can open the doors (jaws) of his face?
Around his [open jaws and] teeth there is terror.
15“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.
16“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.
17“They are joined one to another;
They stick together and cannot be separated.
18“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.
19“Out of his mouth go burning torches,
And sparks of fire leap out.
20“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and [as from] burning rushes.
21“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22“In Leviathan’s neck resides strength,
And dismay and terror dance before him.
23“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].
24“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone.
25“When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
26“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor [does] the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27“He considers iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.
28“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are treated as stubble by him.
29“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.
30“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;
He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).
31“He makes the deep water boil like a pot;
He makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment.
32“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].
33“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.
34“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, #41:34 This repeats the thought of vv 10, 11, which is the key to God’s argument with Job.who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”
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