Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft [words] to thee?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו |
8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
| שים-עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל-תוסף |
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 None [is so] fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay [him]? [whatever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא |
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
| מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא |
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible around.
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה |
15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut together [as with] a close seal.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר |
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא-יבא ביניהם |
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
| איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו |
18 His sneezings flash light, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר |
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire dart forth.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Out of his nostrils issueth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן |
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא |
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
| לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית |
25 When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 The sword of him that attacketh him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי-טיט |
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה |
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה |
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
| אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת |
34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
