< Job 41 >
1 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
3 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
4 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
5 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
6 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
8 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
9 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
12 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
(to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
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? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.
pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
16 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.
one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
17 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
19 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
21 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
22 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.
in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
23 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.
not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
29 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.
underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
31 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.
to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
32 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.
after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
33 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.
nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
34 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride