איוב 41
| תמשך לויתן בחכה ובחבל תשקיע לשנו׃ | 1 |
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
| התשים אגמון באפו ובחוח תקוב לחיו׃ | 2 |
Canst thou put a rope into his nose? or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
| הירבה אליך תחנונים אם ידבר אליך רכות׃ | 3 |
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
| היכרת ברית עמך תקחנו לעבד עולם׃ | 4 |
Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
| התשחק בו כצפור ותקשרנו לנערותיך׃ | 5 |
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
| יכרו עליו חברים יחצוהו בין כנענים׃ | 6 |
Shall the bands [of fishermen] make traffic of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
| התמלא בשכות עורו ובצלצל דגים ראשו׃ | 7 |
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
| שים עליו כפך זכר מלחמה אל תוסף׃ | 8 |
Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
| הן תחלתו נכזבה הגם אל מראיו יטל׃ | 9 |
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
| לא אכזר כי יעורנו ומי הוא לפני יתיצב׃ | 10 |
None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: who then is he that can stand before me?
| מי הקדימני ואשלם תחת כל השמים לי הוא׃ | 11 |
Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
| לא אחריש בדיו ודבר גבורות וחין ערכו׃ | 12 |
I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his comely proportion.
| מי גלה פני לבושו בכפל רסנו מי יבוא׃ | 13 |
Who can strip off his outer garment? who shall come within his double bridle?
| דלתי פניו מי פתח סביבות שניו אימה׃ | 14 |
Who can open the doors of his face? round about his teeth is terror.
| גאוה אפיקי מגנים סגור חותם צר׃ | 15 |
His strong scales are [his] pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
| אחד באחד יגשו ורוח לא יבוא ביניהם׃ | 16 |
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
| איש באחיהו ידבקו יתלכדו ולא יתפרדו׃ | 17 |
They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
| עטישתיו תהל אור ועיניו כעפעפי שחר׃ | 18 |
His neesings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
| מפיו לפידים יהלכו כידודי אש יתמלטו׃ | 19 |
Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
| מנחיריו יצא עשן כדוד נפוח ואגמן׃ | 20 |
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, as of a seething pot and [burning] rushes.
| נפשו גחלים תלהט ולהב מפיו יצא׃ | 21 |
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth forth from his mouth.
| בצוארו ילין עז ולפניו תדוץ דאבה׃ | 22 |
In his neck abideth strength, and terror danceth before him.
| מפלי בשרו דבקו יצוק עליו בל ימוט׃ | 23 |
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
| לבו יצוק כמו אבן ויצוק כפלח תחתית׃ | 24 |
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
| משתו יגורו אלים משברים יתחטאו׃ | 25 |
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: by reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
| משיגהו חרב בלי תקום חנית מסע ושריה׃ | 26 |
If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
| יחשב לתבן ברזל לעץ רקבון נחושה׃ | 27 |
He counteth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
| לא יבריחנו בן קשת לקש נהפכו לו אבני קלע׃ | 28 |
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
| כקש נחשבו תותח וישחק לרעש כידון׃ | 29 |
Clubs are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.
| תחתיו חדודי חרש ירפד חרוץ עלי טיט׃ | 30 |
His underparts are [like] sharp potsherds: he spreadeth [as it were] a threshing wain upon the mire.
| ירתיח כסיר מצולה ים ישים כמרקחה׃ | 31 |
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like ointment.
| אחריו יאיר נתיב יחשב תהום לשיבה׃ | 32 |
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
| אין על עפר משלו העשו לבלי חת׃ | 33 |
Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear.
| את כל גבה יראה הוא מלך על כל בני שחץ׃ | 34 |
He beholdeth every thing that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride.
