Iyoḇ (Job) 41
41
1“Would you draw out Liwiathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a line which you lower?
2Would you put a cord through his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?
4Would he make a covenant with you to be taken as a servant forever?
5Would you play with him as with a bird? Or leash him for your young girls?
6Would trading partners bargain over him? Would they divide him among the merchants?
7Fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
8Put your hand on him – think of the struggle! Do not do it again!
9See, any expectation of him is disappointed – he is laid low even at the sight of him!
10No one is so foolhardy to wake him up. Who then is able to stand against Me?
11Who has given to Me first, that I should repay him – under all the heavens that is Mine?
12I would not keep silent concerning his limbs, or his mighty power, or his fair frame.
13Who shall take off the surface of his skin? Who approaches him with a double bridle?
14Who shall open the doors of his face, with his frightening teeth all around?
15Rows of scales are his pride – closed up, a binding seal.
16One to the other they fit closely, not even a breath enters between them.
17They are joined one to another, they stick together and are not separated.
18His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19Out of his mouth go firebrands – sparks of fire shoot out.
20Out of his nostrils comes smoke, like a boiling pot or kettle.
21His breath sets coals on fire, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
22Strength dwells in his neck, and fear leaps before him.
23The folds of his flesh cleave together. They are firm on him, immovable.
24His heart is as hard as stone, even as hard as the lower millstone.
25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. Because of his crashings they are bewildered.
26No sword that reaches him does prevail, neither spear, dart, or lance.
27He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
28The arrow does not make him flee, sling-stones become like stubble to him.
29Clubs are reckoned as straw, he laughs at the rattle of a lance.
30His undersides are like sharp potsherds. He sprawls on the mud like a threshing-sledge.
31He makes the deep boil like a pot, he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32He leaves a shining path behind him. One would think the deep to be grey-haired.
33No one on earth is like him – one made without fear.
34He sees all that is haughty. He is sovereign over all the sons of pride.”
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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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