Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
an extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo et fune ligabis linguam eius
2 Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
numquid pones circulum in naribus eius et armilla perforabis maxillam eius
3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
numquid multiplicabit ad te preces aut loquetur tibi mollia
4 Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
numquid feriet tecum pactum et accipies eum servum sempiternum
5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
numquid inludes ei quasi avi aut ligabis illum ancillis tuis
6 Shall the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
concident eum amici divident illum negotiatores
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
numquid implebis sagenas pelle eius et gurgustium piscium capite illius
8 Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
pone super eum manum tuam memento belli nec ultra addas loqui
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
ecce spes eius frustrabitur eum et videntibus cunctis praecipitabitur
10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?
non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum quis enim resistere potest vultui meo
11 Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
quis ante dedit mihi ut reddam ei omnia quae sub caelo sunt mea sunt
12 I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion.
non parcam ei et verbis potentibus et ad deprecandum conpositis
13 Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle?
quis revelavit faciem indumenti eius et in medium oris eius quis intrabit
14 Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror.
portas vultus eius quis aperiet per gyrum dentium eius formido
15 His strong scales are [his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia et conpactum squamis se prementibus
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
una uni coniungitur et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas
17 They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
una alteri adherebunt et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur
18 His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
sternutatio eius splendor ignis et oculi eius ut palpebrae diluculi
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
de ore eius lampades procedunt sicut taedae ignis accensae
20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and [burning] rushes.
de naribus eius procedit fumus sicut ollae succensae atque ferventis
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
halitus eius prunas ardere facit et flamma de ore eius egreditur
22 In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him.
in collo eius morabitur fortitudo et faciem eius praecedet egestas
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
membra carnium eius coherentia sibi mittet contra eum fulmina et ad locum alium non ferentur
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
cor eius indurabitur quasi lapis et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus
25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: by reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
cum sublatus fuerit timebunt angeli et territi purgabuntur
26 If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
cum adprehenderit eum gladius subsistere non poterit neque hasta neque torax
27 He counteth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum et quasi lignum putridum aes
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
non fugabit eum vir sagittarius in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae
29 Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum et deridebit vibrantem hastam
30 His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: he spreadeth [as it were] a threshing wain upon the mire.
sub ipso erunt radii solis sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment.
fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
post eum lucebit semita aestimabit abyssum quasi senescentem
33 Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear.
non est super terram potestas quae conparetur ei qui factus est ut nullum timeret
34 He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride.
omne sublime videt ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae
