< Job 41 >

1 Will you draw out? Leviathan with a fish hook and with a cord will you hold down? tongue its.
תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃
2 ¿ Will you put a cord in nose its and with a hook will you pierce? jaw its.
הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֹ וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקֹּב לֶחֱיֽוֹ׃
3 ¿ Will it multiply to you supplications or? will it speak to you soft [words].
הֲיַרְבֶּה אֵלֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִים אִם־יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃
4 ¿ Will it make a covenant with you will you take? it to a slave of perpetuity.
הֲיִכְרֹת בְּרִית עִמָּךְ תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֹלָֽם׃
5 ¿ Will you play with it like bird and will you bind? it for girls your.
הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
6 Will they bargain? on it partners will they divide? it between merchants.
יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים יֶחֱצוּהוּ בֵּין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃
7 ¿ Will you fill with harpoons hide its and with a spear of fish head its.
הַֽתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
8 Put on it hands your remember [the] battle may not you repeat.
שִׂים־עָלָיו כַּפֶּךָ זְכֹר מִלְחָמָה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃
9 There! hope his it is proved a lie ¿ also because of appearance its everyone is thrown down.
הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָֽל׃
10 Not fierce that he will rouse it and who? that before me will he take his stand.
לֹֽא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּֽב׃
11 Who? has he confronted me and I may repay under all the heavens [belongs] to me it.
מִי הִקְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם לִי־הֽוּא׃
12 (To it *Q(K)*) I will keep silent limbs its and [the] matter of strength and [the] grace of arrangement its.
(לא) [לוֹ־]אַחֲרִישׁ בַּדָּיו וּדְבַר־גְּבוּרוֹת וְחִין עֶרְכּֽוֹ׃
13 Who? has he uncovered [the] surface of clothing its in [the] doubling of halter its who? will he come.
מִֽי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבֽוֹא׃
14 [the] doors of Face its who? has he opened [is] around teeth its terror.
דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָֽה׃
15 Pride [is] rows of shields shut up a seal tight.
גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר׃
16 One on one they draw near and a breath not it goes between them.
אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבֹא בֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
17 Each on brother its they are joined together they grasp one another and not they are separated.
אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃
18 Sneezing its it flashes forth light and eyes its [are] like [the] eyelids of dawn.
עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃
19 From mouth its torches they go sparks of fire they escape.
מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃
20 From nostrils its it goes forth smoke like a pot blown upon and bulrush[es].
מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃
21 Breath its coals it kindles and a flame from mouth its it goes forth.
נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵֽא׃
22 In neck its it lodges strength and before it it leaps dismay.
בְּֽצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃
23 [the] hanging parts of Flesh its they cling hard to it not it is moved.
מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃
24 Heart its [is] hard like a stone and hard like a mill-stone lower.
לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃
25 From uprising its they are afraid mighty ones from crashing they are bewildered.
מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃
26 [one who] reaches It a sword not it is established a spear a dart and a javelin.
מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃
27 It considers to straw iron to wood of rottenness bronze.
יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃
28 Not it makes flee it [the] son of a bow into chaff they are changed for it stones of a sling.
לֹא־יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ בֶן־קָשֶׁת לְקַשׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לוֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃
29 Like chaff they are regarded a club so it may laugh to [the] shaking of a javelin.
כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃
30 Under it [are] sharp points of potsherd[s] it spreads out a threshing sledge on mud.
תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃
31 It makes boil like pot [the] deep [the] sea it makes like pot of ointment.
יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃
32 Behind it it makes shine a path anyone considers [the] deep to grey hair.
אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃
33 Not [is] on [the] dust likeness its the [one] made for not fear.
אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָר מׇשְׁלוֹ הֶעָשׂוּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃
34 Every exalted [one] it sees it [is] king over all [the] sons of pride.
אֵֽת־כׇּל־גָּבֹהַּ יִרְאֶה הוּא מֶלֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃

< Job 41 >