Job 41
1 An extrahere poteris leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam eius?
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
2 Numquid pones circulum in naribus eius, aut armilla perforabis maxillam eius?
Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Numquid multiplicabit ad te preces, aut loquetur tibi mollia?
Will he make many supplications to thee? will he speak soft [words] to thee?
4 Numquid feriet tecum pactum, et accipies eum servum sempiternum?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5 Numquid illudes ei quasi avi, aut ligabis eum ancillis tuis?
Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Concident eum amici, divident illum negotiatores?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants.
7 Numquid implebis sagenas pelle eius, et gurgustium piscium capite illius?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Pone super eum manum tuam: memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui.
Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Ecce, spes eius frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis praecipitabitur.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum: quis enim resistere potest vultui meo?
None [is so] fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? omnia quae sub caelo sunt, mea sunt.
Who hath first benefited me, that I should repay [him]? [whatever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12 Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Quis revelabit faciem indumenti eius? et in medium oris eius quis intrabit?
Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
14 Portas vultus eius quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium eius formido.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible around.
15 Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
[His] scales [are his] pride, shut together [as with] a close seal.
16 Una uni coniungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas:
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 Una alteri adhaerebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 Sternutatio eius splendor ignis, et oculi eius, ut palpebrae diluculi.
His sneezings flash light, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
19 De ore eius lampades procedunt, sicut taedae ignis accensae.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, [and] sparks of fire dart forth.
20 De naribus eius procedit fumus, sicut ollae succensae atque ferventis.
Out of his nostrils issueth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.
21 Halitus eius prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore eius egreditur.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from his mouth.
22 In collo eius morabitur fortitudo, et faciem eius praecedit egestas.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 Membra carnium eius cohaerentia sibi: mittet contra eum flumina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 Cor eius indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
25 Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit neque hasta, neque thorax:
The sword of him that attacketh him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 Reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum, aes.
He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
28 Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius, in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae.
The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31 Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Post eum lucebit semita, aestimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
He maketh a path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary.
33 Non est super terram potestas, quae comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 Omne sublime videt, ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae.
He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king over all the children of pride.
