Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
An extrahere poteris leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam eius?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Numquid pones circulum in naribus eius, aut armilla perforabis maxillam eius?
3 Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft words to thee?
Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Concident eum amici, divident illum negotiatores?
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Numquid implebis sagenas pelle eius, et gurgustium piscium capite illius?
8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Pone super eum manum tuam: memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Ecce, spes eius frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.
10 None is so fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum: quis enim resistere potest vultui meo?
11 Who hath given to me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
13 Who can uncover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Quis revelabit faciem indumenti eius? et in medium oris eius quis intrabit?
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
Portas vultus eius quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium eius formido.
15 His scales are his pride, shut together as with a close seal.
Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Una uni coniungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas:
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
18 His sneezes flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Sternutatio eius splendor ignis, et oculi eius, ut palpebræ diluculi.
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire dart forth.
De ore eius lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot or caldron.
De naribus eius procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Halitus eius prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore eius egreditur.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
In collo eius morabitur fortitudo, et faciem eius præcedit egestas.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Membra carnium eius cohærentia sibi: mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the lower millstone.
Cor eius indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
25 When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of the crashing they purify themselves.
Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
26 The sword of him that overtaketh him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the javelin.
Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsitere non poterit neque hasta, neque thorax:
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum, æs.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius, in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Post eum lucebit semita, æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Non est super terram potestas, quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Omne sublime videt, ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.
