Job 41
1 “Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו |
2 Do you put a reed in his nose? And pierce his jaw with a thorn?
| התשים אגמן באפו ובחוח תקב לחיו |
3 Does he multiply supplications to you? Does he speak tender things to you?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם-ידבר אליך רכות |
4 Does he make a covenant with you? Do you take him for a perpetual servant?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם |
5 Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?
| התשחק-בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך |
6 (Companions feast on him, They divide him among the merchants!)
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים |
7 Do you fill his skin with barbed irons? And his head with fish-spears?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו |
8 Place your hand on him, Remember the battle—do not add!
| שים-עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל-תוסף |
9 Behold, the hope of him is found a liar, Also, is one not cast down at his appearance?
| הן-תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל-מראיו יטל |
10 None so fierce that he awakes him, And who [is] he [who] stations himself before Me?
| לא-אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב |
11 Who has brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] Mine.
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל-השמים לי-הוא |
12 I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.
| לא- (לו-) אחריש בדיו ודבר-גבורות וחין ערכו |
13 Who has uncovered the face of his clothing? Who enters within his double bridle?
| מי-גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא |
14 Who has opened the doors of his face? Around his teeth [are] terrible.
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה |
15 A pride—strong ones of shields, Shut up—a close seal.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר |
16 They draw near to one another, And air does not enter between them.
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא-יבא ביניהם |
17 They adhere to one another, They stick together and are not separated.
| איש-באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו |
18 His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי-שחר |
19 Flames go out of his mouth, sparks of fire escape.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו |
20 Smoke goes forth out of his nostrils, As a blown pot and reeds.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן-- כדוד נפוח ואגמן |
21 His breath sets coals on fire, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא |
22 Strength lodges in his neck, And grief exults before him.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה |
23 The flakes of his flesh have adhered—Firm on him—it is not moved.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל-ימוט |
24 His heart [is] firm as a stone, Indeed, firm as the lower piece.
| לבו יצוק כמו-אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית |
25 The mighty are afraid at his rising, From his breakings they keep themselves free.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו |
26 The sword of his overtaker does not stand, Spear, dart, and breastplate.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה |
27 He reckons iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה |
28 The son of the bow does not cause him to flee, Stones of the sling are turned into stubble by him.
| לא-יבריחנו בן-קשת לקש נהפכו-לו אבני-קלע |
29 Darts have been reckoned as stubble, And he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון |
30 Sharp points of clay [are] under him, He spreads gold on the mire.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי-טיט |
31 He causes the deep to boil as a pot, He makes the sea as a pot of ointment.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה |
32 He causes a path to shine after him, One thinks the deep to be hoary.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה |
33 There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror.
| אין-על-עפר משלו העשו לבלי-חת |
34 He sees every high thing, He [is] king over all sons of pride.”
| את-כל-גבה יראה הוא מלך על-כל-בני-שחץ |
