< Job 41 >

1 to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
"Can you draw out Deinosuchus with a fishhook, or 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
Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
Will he make many petitions to you, or 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, that you should take him for a servant forever?
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 girls?
6 to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
Will traders barter for him? Will 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
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle, and you will never do it again.
9 look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
Look, the hope of him is in vain. Won't 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 he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
Who has confronted me, that I should repay? Everything under the heavens is mine.
12 (to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13 who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
14 door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
15 pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
Strong scales are his pride, shut up together 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, so that they can't be pulled apart.
18 sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
His sneezing flashes out light. 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 torches. Sparks of fire leap forth.
20 from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
21 soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
His breath kindles coals. 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
There is strength in his neck. Terror dances 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 on him. They can't 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, firm as the lower millstone.
25 from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
26 to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27 to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
He counts iron as straw; and 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 can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
29 like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
30 underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
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 shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
33 nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
34 [obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."

< Job 41 >