איוב 41

1 תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃

But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?

2 הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֹ וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקֹּב לֶחֱיֽוֹ׃

Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?

3 הֲיַרְבֶּה אֵלֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִים אִם־יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃

Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?

4 הֲיִכְרֹת בְּרִית עִמָּךְ תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֹלָֽם׃

And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

5 הַֽתְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

6 יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים יֶחֱצוּהוּ בֵּין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him?

7 הַֽתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing-vessels.

8 שִׂים־עָלָיו כַּפֶּךָ זְכֹר מִלְחָמָה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃

But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.

9 הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָֽל׃

Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said [of him]?

10 לֹֽא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּֽב׃

Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?

11 מִי הִקְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת כׇּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם לִי־הֽוּא׃

Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?

12 (לא) [לוֹ־]אַחֲרִישׁ בַּדָּיו וּדְבַר־גְּבוּרוֹת וְחִין עֶרְכּֽוֹ׃

I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.

13 מִֽי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבֽוֹא׃

Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?

14 דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָֽה׃

Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.

15 גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר׃

His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone.

16 אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבֹא בֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them.

17 אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.

18 עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.

19 מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.

20 מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃

Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.

21 נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵֽא׃

His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

22 בְּֽצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃

And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.

23 מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃

The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.

24 לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃

His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.

25 מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.

26 מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃

If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate.

27 יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

28 לֹא־יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ בֶן־קָשֶׁת לְקַשׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לוֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃

The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.

29 כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃

Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.

30 תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay.

31 יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃

He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,

32 אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃

and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range.

33 אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָר מׇשְׁלוֹ הֶעָשׂוּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃

There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.

34 אֵֽת־כׇּל־גָּבֹהַּ יִרְאֶה הוּא מֶלֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃

He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.