Job 41
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1[Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum: quis enim resistere potest vultui meo?
1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
2Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.
2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
3Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
3Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
4Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit?
4Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
5Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.
5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
6Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
6Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
7Una uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.
7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
8Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
9Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis, et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi.
9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
10De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.
10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
11De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.
11Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
12Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.
12I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
13In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo, et faciem ejus præcedit egestas.
13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
14Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi: mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.
14Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
15Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
15His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
16Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
16One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
17Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax:
17They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
18reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum æs.
18His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius: in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.
19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
20Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
22Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
22Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.
23Post eum lucebit semita: æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
24Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
24His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
25Omne sublime videt: ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.]
25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
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26The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
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27He regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.
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28No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
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29A club is regarded as straw, and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
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30His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
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31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron; he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
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32He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!
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33Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
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34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
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