איוב 41

1 תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or tie up his jaws with a cord?

2 הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמוֹן בְּאַפּוֹ וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקּוֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃

Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

3 הֲיַרְבֶּה אֵלֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִים אִם־יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃

Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak soft words to you?

4 הֲיִכְרֹת בְּרִית עִמָּךְ תִּקָּחֶנּוּ לְעֶבֶד עוֹלָֽם׃

Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

5 הֽ͏ַתְשַׂחֶק־בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Will you play with him as you would with a bird? Will you tie him up for your servant girls?

6 יִכְרוּ עָלָיו חַבָּרִים יֶחֱצוּהוּ בֵּין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

Will the groups of fishermen bargain for him? Will they divide him up to trade among the merchants?

7 הַֽתְמַלֵּא בְשֻׂכּוֹת עוֹרוֹ וּבְצִלְצַל דָּגִים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃

Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

8 שִׂים־עָלָיו כַּפֶּךָ זְכֹר מִלְחָמָה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃

Put your hand on him just once, and you will remember the battle and do it no more.

9 הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָֽל׃

See, the hope of anyone who does that is a lie; will not anyone be thrown down to the ground just by the sight of him?

10 לֹֽא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּֽב׃

None is so fierce that he dare stir Leviathan up; who, then, is he who can stand before me?

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

Who has first given anything to me in order that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole sky is mine.

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

I will not keep silent concerning Leviathan's legs, nor about the matter of his strength, nor about his graceful form.

13 מִֽי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבֽוֹא׃

Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can penetrate his double armor?

14 דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָֽה׃

Who can open the doors of his face— ringed with his teeth, which are a terror?

15 גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָֽגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָֽר׃

his back is made up of rows of shields, tight together as with a close seal.

16 אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבוֹא בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃

One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

17 אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

They are joined to each other; they stick together, so that they cannot be pulled apart.

18 עֲ‍ֽטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃

Light flashes out from his snorting; his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning dawn.

19 מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

Out of his mouth go burning torches, sparks of fire leap out.

20 מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃

Out of his nostrils goes smoke like a boiling pot on a fire that has been fanned to be very hot.

21 נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵֽא׃

His breath kindles coals into flame; fires go out from his mouth.

22 בְּֽצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃

In his neck is strength, and terror dances in front of him.

23 מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃

The folds of his flesh are joined together; they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.

24 לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃

His heart is as hard as a stone— indeed, as hard as a lower millstone.

25 מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

When he raises himself up, even the gods become afraid; because of fear, they draw back.

26 מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃

If a sword strikes him, it does nothing— and neither does a spear, an arrow, or any other pointed weapon.

27 יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

He thinks of iron as if it were straw, and of bronze as if it were rotten wood.

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

An arrow cannot make him flee; to him sling stones become chaff.

29 כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃

Clubs are regarded as straw; he laughs at the whirring flight of a spear.

30 תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

His lower parts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he leaves a spreading trail in the mud as if he were a threshing sledge.

31 יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃

He makes the deep to foam up like a pot of boiling water; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃

He makes a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had gray hair.

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

On earth there is no equal to him, who has been made to live without fear.

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

He sees everything that is proud; he is king over all the sons of pride.”