Job 41
1 Whether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge?
to draw Leviathan in/on/with hook and in/on/with cord to sink tongue his
2 Whethir thou schalt putte a ryng in hise nosethirlis, ethir schalt perse hyse cheke with `an hook?
to set: put bulrush in/on/with face: nose his and in/on/with thistle to pierce jaw his
3 Whether he schal multiplie preieris to thee, ether schal speke softe thingis to thee?
to multiply to(wards) you supplication if: surely yes to speak: speak to(wards) you tender
4 Whether he schal make couenaunt with thee, and `thou schalt take him a seruaunt euerlastinge?
to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you to take: take him to/for servant/slave forever: enduring
5 Whether thou schalt scorne hym as a brid, ethir schalt bynde hym to thin handmaidis?
to laugh in/on/with him like/as bird and to conspire him to/for maiden your
6 Schulen frendis `kerue hym, schulen marchauntis departe hym?
to trade upon him associate to divide him between: among merchant
7 Whether thou schalt fille nettis with his skyn, and a `leep of fischis with his heed?
to fill in/on/with spear skin his and in/on/with spear fish head his
8 Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke.
to set: put upon him palm your to remember battle not to add: again
9 Lo! his hope schal disseyue hym; and in the siyt of alle men he schal be cast doun.
look! hope his to lie also to(wards) appearance his to cast
10 I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?
not cruel for to rouse him and who? he/she/it to/for face: before my to stand
11 And who `yaf to me bifore, that Y yelde to hym? Alle thingis, that ben vndur heuene, ben myne.
who? to meet me and to complete underneath: under all [the] heaven to/for me he/she/it
12 Y schal not spare hym for myyti wordis, and maad faire to biseche.
(to/for him *Q(K)*) be quiet bluster his and word: thing might and beauty valuation his
13 Who schal schewe the face of his clothing, and who schal entre in to the myddis of his mouth?
who? to reveal: uncover face: surface clothing his in/on/with double bridle his who? to come (in): come
14 Who schal opene the yatis of his cheer? ferdfulnesse is bi the cumpas of hise teeth.
door face his who? to open around tooth his terror
15 His bodi is as yotun scheldys of bras, and ioyned togidere with scalis ouerleiynge hem silf.
pride channel shield to shut signet narrow
16 Oon is ioyned to another; and sotheli brething goith not thorouy tho.
one in/on/with one to approach: approach and spirit: breath not to come (in): come between them
17 Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid.
man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to cleave to capture and not to separate
18 His fnesynge is as schynynge of fier, and hise iyen ben as iyelidis of the morewtid.
sneezing his to shine light and eye his like/as eyelid dawn
19 Laumpis comen forth of his mouth, as trees of fier, that ben kyndlid.
from lip his torch to go: went spark fire to escape
20 Smoke cometh forth of hise nosethirlis, as of a pot set on the fier `and boilynge.
from nostril his to come out: come smoke like/as pot to breathe and bulrush
21 His breeth makith colis to brenne, and flawme goith out of his mouth.
soul: life his coal to kindle and flame from lip his to come out: come
22 Strengthe schal dwelle in his necke, and nedynesse schal go bifor his face.
in/on/with neck his to lodge strength and to/for face: before his to dance dismay
23 The membris of hise fleischis ben cleuynge togidere to hem silf; God schal sende floodis ayens hym, and tho schulen not be borun to an other place.
refuse flesh his to cleave to pour: cast metal upon him not to shake
24 His herte schal be maad hard as a stoon; and it schal be streyned togidere as the anefeld of a smith.
heart his to pour: firm like stone and to pour: firm like/as millstone lower
25 Whanne he schal be takun awei, aungels schulen drede; and thei aferd schulen be purgid.
from elevation his to dread god from breaking to sin
26 Whanne swerd takith hym, it may not stonde, nethir spere, nether haburioun.
to overtake him sword without to arise: establish spear missile and lance
27 For he schal arette irun as chaffis, and bras as rotun tre.
to devise: think to/for straw iron to/for tree: wood rottenness bronze
28 A man archere schal not dryue hym awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym.
not to flee him son: type of bow to/for stubble to overturn to/for him stone sling
29 He schal arette an hamer as stobil; and he schal scorne a florischynge spere.
like/as stubble to devise: think club and to laugh to/for quaking javelin
30 The beemys of the sunne schulen be vndur hym; and he schal strewe to hym silf gold as cley.
underneath: under him point earthenware to spread sharp upon mud
31 He schal make the depe se to buyle as a pot; and he schal putte, as whanne oynementis buylen.
to boil like/as pot depth sea to set: make like/as ointment pot/seasoning
32 A path schal schyne aftir hym; he schal gesse the greet occian as wexynge eld.
after him to light path to devise: think abyss to/for greyheaded
33 No power is on erthe, that schal be comparisound to hym; which is maad, that he schulde drede noon.
nothing upon dust likeness his [the] to make to/for without terror
34 He seeth al hiy thing; he is kyng ouer alle the sones of pride.
[obj] all high to see: see he/she/it king upon all son: child pride
