Job 41
1 Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and 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 Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא |
12 I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
| מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא |
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה |
15 The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up 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 each to its fellow; they stick together, and 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 forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן |
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא |
22 In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
| לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית |
25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge 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 the 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 king over all the proud beasts.
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
