< Job 41 >

1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
3 Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee?
to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 None is so fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 Who hath given to me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
(to/for him *QK) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who can uncover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 His scales are his pride, shut together as with a close seal.
pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 His sneezes flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire dart forth.
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot or caldron.
from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of the crashing they purify themselves.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 The sword of him that overtaketh him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the javelin.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride

< Job 41 >