< Job 41 >

1 to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
Can you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down?
2 to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
Will he make many supplications to you? will he speak soft words to you?
4 to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever?
5 to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens?
6 to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
Lay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be 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 fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
Who has prevented me, that I should repay him? whatever 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 conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14 door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
His scales are his 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 one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
By his neesings a light does shine, 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 burning lamps, and 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 goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes 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 remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy 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 firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25 from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear.
30 underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things on the mire.
31 to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
He makes a 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
On 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 beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

< Job 41 >