איוב 41

1 תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃

Will you draw out? Leviathan with a fish hook and with a cord will you hold down? tongue its.

2 הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמוֹן בְּאַפּוֹ וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקּוֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃

¿ Will you put a cord in nose its and with a hook will you pierce? jaw its.

3 הֲיַרְבֶּה אֵלֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִים אִם־יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃

¿ Will it multiply to you supplications or? will it speak to you soft [words].

4 הֲיִכְרֹת בְּרִית עִמָּךְ תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֹלָֽם׃

¿ Will it make a covenant with you will you take? it to a slave of perpetuity.

5 הֽ͏ַתְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

¿ Will you play with it like bird and will you bind? it for girls your.

6 יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים יֶחֱצוּהוּ בֵּין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

Will they bargain? on it partners will they divide? it between merchants.

7 הַֽתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

¿ Will you fill with harpoons hide its and with a spear of fish head its.

8 שִׂים־עָלָיו כַּפֶּךָ זְכֹר מִלְחָמָה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃

Put on it hands your remember [the] battle may not you repeat.

9 הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָֽל׃

There! hope his it is proved a lie ¿ also because of appearance its everyone is thrown down.

10 לֹֽא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּֽב׃

Not fierce that he will rouse it and who? that before me will he take his stand.

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

Who? has he confronted me and I may repay under all the heavens [belongs] to me it.

12 לא־לֽוֹ־אַחֲרִישׁ בַּדָּיו וּדְבַר־גְּבוּרוֹת וְחִין עֶרְכּֽוֹ׃

(To it *Q(K)*) I will keep silent limbs its and [the] matter of strength and [the] grace of arrangement its.

13 מִֽי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבֽוֹא׃

Who? has he uncovered [the] surface of clothing its in [the] doubling of halter its who? will he come.

14 דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָֽה׃

[the] doors of Face its who? has he opened [is] around teeth its terror.

15 גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָֽגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר׃

Pride [is] rows of shields shut up a seal tight.

16 אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבוֹא בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃

One on one they draw near and a breath not it goes between them.

17 אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

Each on brother its they are joined together they grasp one another and not they are separated.

18 עֲ‍ֽטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

Sneezing its it flashes forth light and eyes its [are] like [the] eyelids of dawn.

19 מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

From mouth its torches they go sparks of fire they escape.

20 מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃

From nostrils its it goes forth smoke like a pot blown upon and bulrush[es].

21 נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵֽא׃

Breath its coals it kindles and a flame from mouth its it goes forth.

22 בְּֽצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃

In neck its it lodges strength and before it it leaps dismay.

23 מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃

[the] hanging parts of Flesh its they cling hard to it not it is moved.

24 לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃

Heart its [is] hard like a stone and hard like a mill-stone lower.

25 מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

From uprising its they are afraid mighty ones from crashing they are bewildered.

26 מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃

[one who] reaches It a sword not it is established a spear a dart and a javelin.

27 יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

It considers to straw iron to wood of rottenness bronze.

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

Not it makes flee it [the] son of a bow into chaff they are changed for it stones of a sling.

29 כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃

Like chaff they are regarded a club so it may laugh to [the] shaking of a javelin.

30 תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

Under it [are] sharp points of potsherd[s] it spreads out a threshing sledge on mud.

31 יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃

It makes boil like pot [the] deep [the] sea it makes like pot of ointment.

32 אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃

Behind it it makes shine a path anyone considers [the] deep to grey hair.

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

Not [is] on [the] dust likeness its the [one] made for not fear.

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

Every exalted [one] it sees it [is] king over all [the] sons of pride.