Job 41
1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
3 Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft [words] to thee?
to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
5 Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 None [is so] fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay [him]? [whatever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
(to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible around.
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 [His] scales [are his] pride, shut together [as with] a close seal.
pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 His sneezings flash light, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire dart forth.
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Out of his nostrils issueth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 The sword of him that attacketh him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.
after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
34 He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
