Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו |
8 Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
| שים-עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל-תוסף |
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא |
12 Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
| 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 His scales are his 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 one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
| איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו |
18 His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר |
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
| 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 abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart is as 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; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 Sharpest potsherds are under him; 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 seething mixture.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה |
32 He maketh a 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 to be fearless.
| אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת |
34 He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
