Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו |
8 Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
| שים-עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל-תוסף |
9 Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who hath given me before 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 mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?
| מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא |
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה |
15 His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר |
16 One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא-יבא ביניהם |
17 They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
| איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו |
18 His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר |
19 Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן |
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא |
22 In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
23 The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.
| לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית |
25 When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי-טיט |
31 He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה |
32 A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה |
33 There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.
| אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת |
34 He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
