Job 41
1 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו |
8 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
| שים-עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל-תוסף |
9 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא |
12 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
| מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא |
14 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה |
15 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר |
16 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא-יבא ביניהם |
17 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.
| איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו |
18 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר |
19 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן |
21 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא |
22 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
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.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.
| לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית |
25 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי-טיט |
31 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה |
32 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה |
33 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.
| אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת |
34 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
