Job 41
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Hebrew Old Testament (Masoretic Text)
1(40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
1הֵן־תֹּחַלְתֹּ֥ו נִכְזָ֑בָה הֲגַ֖ם אֶל־מַרְאָ֣יו יֻטָֽל׃
2(40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
2לֹֽא־אַ֭כְזָר כִּ֣י יְעוּרֶ֑נּוּ וּמִ֥י ה֝֗וּא לְפָנַ֥י יִתְיַצָּֽב׃
3(40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
3מִ֣י הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם לִי־הֽוּא׃
4(40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
4*לֹא־ (לֹֽו)־אַחֲרִ֥ישׁ בַּדָּ֑יו וּדְבַר־גְּ֝בוּרֹ֗ות וְחִ֣ין עֶרְכֹּֽו׃
5(40-29) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
5מִֽי־גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשֹׁ֑ו בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנֹ֗ו מִ֣י יָבֹֽוא׃
6(40-30) Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
6דַּלְתֵ֣י פָ֭נָיו מִ֣י פִתֵּ֑חַ סְבִיבֹ֖ות שִׁנָּ֣יו אֵימָֽה׃
7(40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
7גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חֹותָ֥ם צָֽר׃
8(40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
8אֶחָ֣ד בְּאֶחָ֣ד יִגַּ֑שׁוּ וְ֝ר֗וּחַ לֹא־יָבֹ֥וא בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃
9(41-1) Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
9אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֥יהוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ וְלֹ֣א יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃
10(41-2) None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
10עֲֽ֭טִישֹׁתָיו תָּ֣הֶל אֹ֑ור וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃
11(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
11מִ֭פִּיו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּידֹ֥ודֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃
12(41-4) Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
12מִ֭נְּחִירָיו יֵצֵ֣א עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃
13(41-5) Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
13נַ֭פְשֹׁו גֶּחָלִ֣ים תְּלַהֵ֑ט וְ֝לַ֗הַב מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃
14(41-6) Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
14בְּֽ֭צַוָּארֹו יָלִ֣ין עֹ֑ז וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו תָּד֥וּץ דְּאָבָֽה׃
15(41-7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
15מַפְּלֵ֣י בְשָׂרֹ֣ו דָבֵ֑קוּ יָצ֥וּק עָ֝לָ֗יו בַּל־יִמֹּֽוט׃
16(41-8) One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
16לִ֭בֹּו יָצ֣וּק כְּמֹו־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝יָצ֗וּק כְּפֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃
17(41-9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
17מִ֭שֵּׂתֹו יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃
18(41-10) His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
18מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃
19(41-11) Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
19יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְתֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְעֵ֖ץ רִקָּבֹ֣ון נְחוּשָֽׁה׃
20(41-12) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
20לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לֹ֥ו אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃
21(41-13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
21כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תֹותָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֹֽון׃
22(41-14) In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
22תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃
23(41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
23יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר מְצוּלָ֑ה יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃
24(41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
24אַ֭חֲרָיו יָאִ֣יר נָתִ֑יב יַחְשֹׁ֖ב תְּהֹ֣ום לְשֵׂיבָֽה׃
25(41-17) When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
25אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָ֥ר מָשְׁלֹ֑ו הֶ֝עָשׂ֗וּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃
26(41-18) If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
26אֵֽת־כָּל־גָּבֹ֥הַּ יִרְאֶ֑ה ה֝֗וּא מֶ֣לֶךְ עַל־כָּל־בְּנֵי־שָֽׁחַץ׃ ס
27(41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
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28(41-20) The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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29(41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
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30(41-22) Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
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31(41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
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32(41-24) He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
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33(41-25) Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.
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34(41-26) He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
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