Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?
Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
2 Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
3 Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
4 Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?
Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
5 Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
6 Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders?
Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
7 Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?
Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
8 Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle—no more!
Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
9 Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?
Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
10 None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
11 Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
12 I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour.
I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
13 Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter?
Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
14 The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror!
Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
15 A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal;
His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.
16 One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.
17 Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.
18 His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn;
His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;
Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
20 Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;
Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
21 His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.
23 The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.
24 His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.
25 At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves:
When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.
26 As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail:
When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:
For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.
28 The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling-stones changed by him:
The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.
29 As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.
30 His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.
31 He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.
32 After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!
A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.
33 There is not—upon the dust—his like, that hath been made to be without fear;
There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.
34 Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.
He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.
