< Job 41 >
1 to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
2 to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
3 to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
4 to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
5 to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
7 to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
8 to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!
9 look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
10 not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
11 who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12 (to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
13 who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
14 door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15 pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
16 one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
17 man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
18 sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
20 from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
21 soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
23 refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
24 heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
25 from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
26 to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
27 to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
28 not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
30 underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
31 to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
32 after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 [obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.