Job 41
1 Can you pull out Leviathan with a hook? Can you tie its mouth shut?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw?
to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
3 Will it beg you to let it go? Or will it talk softly to you?
to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
4 Will it make a contract with you? Will it agree to be your slave forever?
to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
5 Will you play with it like a pet bird? Will you put it on a leash for your girls?
to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
6 Will your trading partners decide on a price for him, and divide him up among the merchants?
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Can you pierce his skin with many harpoons, its head with fishing spears?
to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
8 If you were to grab hold of it, imagine the battle you would have! You wouldn't do that again!
to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
9 Any hope to capture it is foolish. Anyone who tries is thrown to the ground.
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 Since no one has the courage to provoke Leviathan, who would dare to stand up against me?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 Who has confronted me with any claim that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
12 Let me tell you about Leviathan: its powerful legs and graceful proportions.
(to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who can remove its hide? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?
who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
14 Who can open its jaws? Its teeth are terrifying!
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 Its pride is its rows of scales, closed tightly together.
pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
16 Its scales are so close together that no air can pass between them.
one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
17 Each scale attaches to the next; they lock together and nothing can penetrate them.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 When it sneezes light shines out. Its eyes are like the rising sun.
sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
19 Flames pour from its mouth, sparks of fire shoot out.
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Smoke comes from its nostrils, like steam from a kettle on a fire made of reeds.
from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
21 Its breath sets fire to charcoal as flames shoot from its mouth.
soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
22 Its neck is powerful, and all who face him shake with terror.
in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
23 Its body is dense and solid, as if it is made from cast metal.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 Its heart is rock-hard, like a millstone.
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 When it rises, even the powerful are terrified; they retreat as it thrashes about.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 Swords just bounce off it, as do spears, darts, and javelins.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 It brushes aside iron like straw, and bronze like rotten wood.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 Arrows cannot make it run away; stones from slingshots are like pieces of stubble.
not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
29 Clubs are also treated like stubble; it laughs at the sound made by flying spears.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 Its underparts are covered with points as sharp as broken pots; when it drags itself through the mud it leaves marks like a threshing sledge.
underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
31 It churns up the sea like water in a boiling pot, like a steaming bowl when ointment is mixed.
to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it as if the sea had white hair.
after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
33 There is nothing on earth like it: a creature that has no fear.
nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
34 It looks down on all other creatures. It is the proudest of all.”
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
