Job 41
1 "Can you draw out Deinosuchus with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
| תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ |
2 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
| הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֹ וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקֹּב לֶחֱיֽוֹ׃ |
3 Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
| הֲיַרְבֶּה אֵלֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִים אִם־יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃ |
4 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
| הֲיִכְרֹת בְּרִית עִמָּךְ תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֹלָֽם׃ |
5 Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
| הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ |
6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
| יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים יֶחֱצוּהוּ בֵּין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃ |
7 Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
| הַֽתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ |
8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle, and you will never do it again.
| שִׂים־עָלָיו כַּפֶּךָ זְכֹר מִלְחָמָה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃ |
9 Look, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?
| הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָֽל׃ |
10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
| לֹֽא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּֽב׃ |
11 Who has confronted me, that I should repay? Everything under the heavens is mine.
| מִי הִקְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם לִי־הֽוּא׃ |
12 "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
| (לא) [לוֹ־]אַחֲרִישׁ בַּדָּיו וּדְבַר־גְּבוּרוֹת וְחִין עֶרְכּֽוֹ׃ |
13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
| מִֽי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבֽוֹא׃ |
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
| דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָֽה׃ |
15 Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
| גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר׃ |
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
| אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבֹא בֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ |
17 They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
| אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ |
18 His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
| עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ |
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.
| מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃ |
20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
| מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃ |
21 His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
| נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵֽא׃ |
22 There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.
| בְּֽצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃ |
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can't be moved.
| מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃ |
24 His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
| לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃ |
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
| מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ |
26 If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
| מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃ |
27 He counts iron as straw; and bronze as rotten wood.
| יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ |
28 The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
| לֹא־יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ בֶן־קָשֶׁת לְקַשׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לוֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃ |
29 Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
| כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃ |
30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
| תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃ |
31 He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
| יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃ |
32 He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
| אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃ |
33 On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
| אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָר מׇשְׁלוֹ הֶעָשׂוּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃ |
34 He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."
| אֵֽת־כׇּל־גָּבֹהַּ יִרְאֶה הוּא מֶלֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃ |
