Job 41
English Standard Version
41 [a] “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[b] with a fishhook
or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Can you put (B)a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with (C)a hook?
3 Will he make many pleas to you?
Will he speak to you soft words?
4 Will he make a covenant with you
to take him for (D)your servant forever?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
6 Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his skin with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay your hands on him;
remember the battle—you will not do it again!
9 [c] Behold, the hope of a man is false;
he is laid low even at the sight of him.
10 No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 (E)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
(F)Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12 “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment?
Who would come near him with a bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth is terror.
15 His back is made of[d] rows of shields,
shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
that no air can come between them.
17 They are (G)joined one to another;
they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
and his eyes are like (H)the eyelids of the dawn.
19 Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath (I)kindles coals,
and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck abides strength,
and terror dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh (J)stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.
24 His heart is hard as a stone,
hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty[e] are afraid;
at the crashing they are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
30 His underparts are like sharp (K)potsherds;
he spreads himself like (L)a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
one would think the deep to be white-haired.
33 (M)On earth there is not his like,
a creature without fear.
34 He sees everything that is high;
he is king over all the (N)sons of pride.”
Iyov 41
Orthodox Jewish Bible
41 Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a khakah (fishhook)? Or tie down his leshon with a cord?
2 (26) Canst thou put a hook into his af (nose)? Or bore his jaw through with a barb?
3 (27) Will he make many tachanunim unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee?
4 (28) Will he make a brit (covenant) with thee? Wilt thou take him for an eved olam?
5 (29) Wilt thou play with him as with a pet bird? Or wilt thou leash him for thy na’arot (maidens)?
6 (30) Shall traders barter for him? Shall they divide him among the Kena’anim (Canaanites, merchants)?
7 (31) Canst thou fill his ohr (skin) with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears?
8 (32) Lay thine hand upon him; remember the milchamah. Thou wilt not do it more.
9 (41:1) See, every tokhelet (expectation) is false; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 (41:2) None is so foolhardy that dare stir him up. Mi (who) then is able to stand before Me?
11 (41:3) Mi (who) hath given Me, that I must repay him? Whatsoever is under the kol HaShomayim is Mine.
12 (41:4) I will not keep silent about his members, nor his gevurah, nor the grace of his form.
13 (41:5) Mi (who) can remove his outer garment? Or mi (who) can come near him with a double bridle?
14 (41:6) Mi (who) can open the doors of his face? Terror is round about his teeth.
15 (41:7) His scales are his ga’avah (pride), shut up together as with a rigid chotam (seal).
16 (41:8) One is so near to another, that no ruach (air) can pass between them.
17 (41:9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, inseparably.
18 (41:10) By his sneezings ohr flares out, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the shachar.
19 (41:11) Out of his mouth goeth flame, and sparks of eish leap out.
20 (41:12) Out of his nostrils goeth forth smoke, like a seething pot or caldron.
21 (41:13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 (41:14) In his neck resideth oz (strength), and terror dances before him.
23 (41:15) The flanks of his basar are joined together; they are firm in themselves, immoveable.
24 (41:16) His lev (chest) is as firm as an even (stone); yea, as hard as the lower millstone.
25 (41:17) When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; shuddering they retreat.
26 (41:18) The cherev of him that reacheth at him cannot hold—the spear, the dart, nor the harpoon.
27 (41:19) He esteemeth barzel (iron) like straw, and nechoshet as rotten wood.
28 (41:20) The arrow cannot make him flee; sling stones are turned with him into stubble.
29 (41:21) Clubs are counted as straw; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 (41:22) Sharp shards are his under parts; he leaveth a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 (41:23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he stirreth the yam like a pot of ointment.
32 (41:24) He maketh a wake to shine after him; one would think the deep to be white hair.
33 (41:25) Upon earth there is not his equal, who is created without fear.
34 (41:26) He beholdeth all things lofty; he is a melech over every proud beast.
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