Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
ἄξεις δὲ δράκοντα ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ περιθήσεις δὲ φορβεὰν περὶ ῥῖνα αὐτοῦ
2 Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
εἰ δήσεις κρίκον ἐν τῷ μυκτῆρι αὐτοῦ ψελίῳ δὲ τρυπήσεις τὸ χεῖλος αὐτοῦ
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
λαλήσει δέ σοι δεήσει ἱκετηρίᾳ μαλακῶς
4 Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
θήσεται δὲ διαθήκην μετὰ σοῦ λήμψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
παίξῃ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὀρνέῳ ἢ δήσεις αὐτὸν ὥσπερ στρουθίον παιδίῳ
6 Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
ἐνσιτοῦνται δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔθνη μεριτεύονται δὲ αὐτὸν φοινίκων γένη
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
πᾶν δὲ πλωτὸν συνελθὸν οὐ μὴ ἐνέγκωσιν βύρσαν μίαν οὐρᾶς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πλοίοις ἁλιέων κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ
8 Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν σώματι αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
οὐχ ἑόρακας αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις τεθαύμακας
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
οὐ δέδοικας ὅτι ἡτοίμασταί μοι τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐμοὶ ἀντιστάς
11 Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι καὶ ὑπομενεῖ εἰ πᾶσα ἡ ὑπ’ οὐρανὸν ἐμή ἐστιν
12 Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
οὐ σιωπήσομαι δῑ αὐτόν καὶ λόγον δυνάμεως ἐλεήσει τὸν ἴσον αὐτοῦ
13 Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
τίς ἀποκαλύψει πρόσωπον ἐνδύσεως αὐτοῦ εἰς δὲ πτύξιν θώρακος αὐτοῦ τίς ἂν εἰσέλθοι
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
πύλας προσώπου αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνοίξει κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αὐτοῦ φόβος
15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
τὰ ἔγκατα αὐτοῦ ἀσπίδες χάλκειαι σύνδεσμος δὲ αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σμιρίτης λίθος
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
εἷς τοῦ ἑνὸς κολλῶνται πνεῦμα δὲ οὐ μὴ διέλθῃ αὐτόν
17 They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται συνέχονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποσπασθῶσιν
18 His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
ἐν πταρμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγος οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἶδος ἑωσφόρου
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύονται λαμπάδες καιόμεναι καὶ διαρριπτοῦνται ἐσχάραι πυρός
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
ἐκ μυκτήρων αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται καπνὸς καμίνου καιομένης πυρὶ ἀνθράκων
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἄνθρακες φλὸξ δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται
22 In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
ἐν δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ αὐλίζεται δύναμις ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τρέχει ἀπώλεια
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
σάρκες δὲ σώματος αὐτοῦ κεκόλληνται καταχέει ἐπ’ αὐτόν οὐ σαλευθήσεται
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ πέπηγεν ὡς λίθος ἕστηκεν δὲ ὥσπερ ἄκμων ἀνήλατος
25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
στραφέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ φόβος θηρίοις τετράποσιν ἐπὶ γῆς ἁλλομένοις
26 If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
ἐὰν συναντήσωσιν αὐτῷ λόγχαι οὐδὲν μὴ ποιήσωσιν δόρυ ἐπηρμένον καὶ θώρακα
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
ἥγηται μὲν γὰρ σίδηρον ἄχυρα χαλκὸν δὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν
28 The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον
29 Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφῦραι καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου
30 Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
ἡ στρωμνὴ αὐτοῦ ὀβελίσκοι ὀξεῖς πᾶς δὲ χρυσὸς θαλάσσης ὑπ’ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ πηλὸς ἀμύθητος
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
ἀναζεῖ τὴν ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χαλκεῖον ἥγηται δὲ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
τὸν δὲ τάρταρον τῆς ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αἰχμάλωτον ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εἰς περίπατον
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.
οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅμοιον αὐτῷ πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων μου
34 He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
πᾶν ὑψηλὸν ὁρᾷ αὐτὸς δὲ βασιλεὺς πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν
