< Job 41 >

1 to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
“Do you draw leviathan with a hook? And do you let down his tongue with a rope?
2 to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
Do you put a reed in his nose? And pierce his jaw with a thorn?
3 to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
Does he multiply supplications to you? Does he speak tender things to you?
4 to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
Does he make a covenant with you? Do you take him for a perpetual servant?
5 to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
Do you play with him as a bird? And do you bind him for your girls?
6 to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
(Companions feast on him, They divide him among the merchants!)
7 to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
Do you fill his skin with barbed irons? And his head with fish-spears?
8 to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
Place your hand on him, Remember the battle—do not add!
9 look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
Behold, the hope of him is found a liar, Also, is one not cast down at his appearance?
10 not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
None so fierce that he awakes him, And who [is] he [who] stations himself before Me?
11 who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
Who has brought before Me and I repay? Under the whole heavens it [is] Mine.
12 (to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
I do not keep silent concerning his parts, And the matter of might, And the grace of his arrangement.
13 who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
Who has uncovered the face of his clothing? Who enters within his double bridle?
14 door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
Who has opened the doors of his face? Around his teeth [are] terrible.
15 pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
A pride—strong ones of shields, Shut up—a close seal.
16 one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
They draw near to one another, And air does not enter between them.
17 man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
They adhere to one another, They stick together and are not separated.
18 sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes [are] as the eyelids of the dawn.
19 from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
Flames go out of his mouth, sparks of fire escape.
20 from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
Smoke goes forth out of his nostrils, As a blown pot and reeds.
21 soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
His breath sets coals on fire, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
22 in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
Strength lodges in his neck, And grief exults before him.
23 refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
The flakes of his flesh have adhered—Firm on him—it is not moved.
24 heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
His heart [is] firm as a stone, Indeed, firm as the lower piece.
25 from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
The mighty are afraid at his rising, From his breakings they keep themselves free.
26 to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
The sword of his overtaker does not stand, Spear, dart, and breastplate.
27 to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
He reckons 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 son of the bow does not cause him to flee, Stones of the sling are turned into stubble by him.
29 like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
Darts have been reckoned as stubble, And he laughs at the shaking of a javelin.
30 underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
Sharp points of clay [are] under him, He spreads gold on the mire.
31 to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
He causes the deep to boil as a pot, He makes the sea as a pot of ointment.
32 after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
He causes a path to shine after him, One thinks the deep to be hoary.
33 nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
There is not on the earth his like, That is made without terror.
34 [obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
He sees every high thing, He [is] king over all sons of pride.”

< Job 41 >