איוב 41
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו׃ | 1 |
Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?
| התשים אגמון באפו ובחוח תקוב לחיו׃ | 2 |
Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם ידבר אליך רכות׃ | 3 |
Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם׃ | 4 |
Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?
| התשחק בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך׃ | 5 |
Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים׃ | 6 |
Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו׃ | 7 |
Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
| שים עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל תוסף׃ | 8 |
Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
| הן תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל מראיו יטל׃ | 9 |
Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.
| לא אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב׃ | 10 |
I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל השמים לי הוא׃ | 11 |
Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
| לא אחריש בדיו ודבר גבורות וחין ערכו׃ | 12 |
I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.
| מי גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא׃ | 13 |
Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה׃ | 14 |
Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר׃ | 15 |
His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא יבוא ביניהם׃ | 16 |
One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.
| איש באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו׃ | 17 |
They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי שחר׃ | 18 |
His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו׃ | 19 |
Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן כדוד נפוח ואגמן׃ | 20 |
Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא׃ | 21 |
His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה׃ | 22 |
Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל ימוט׃ | 23 |
The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.
| לבו יצוק כמו אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית׃ | 24 |
His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו׃ | 25 |
When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה׃ | 26 |
When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה׃ | 27 |
For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.
| לא יבריחנו בן קשת לקש נהפכו לו אבני קלע׃ | 28 |
The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון׃ | 29 |
He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי טיט׃ | 30 |
The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה׃ | 31 |
He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה׃ | 32 |
A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.
| אין על עפר משלו העשו לבלי חת׃ | 33 |
There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.
| את כל גבה יראה הוא מלך על כל בני שחץ׃ | 34 |
He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.
