Job 41
1 Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
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 unto thee? or will he speak softly unto 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 as a bondman 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, and 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 partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and 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 Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever 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 be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
(to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
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? Round about his teeth is terror.
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up 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 each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 His sneezings 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 forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
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 lodgeth strength, and terror danceth 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 fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 The arrow will not 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 Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge 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 the 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 king over all the proud beasts.
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
