| 章 |
| 41:1 |
"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
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| 41:2 |
"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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| 41:3 |
"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words?
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| 41:4 |
"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever?
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| 41:5 |
"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens?
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| 41:6 |
"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
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| 41:7 |
"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears?
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| 41:8 |
"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
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| 41:9 |
"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?
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| 41:10 |
"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me?
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| 41:11 |
"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
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| 41:12 |
"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.
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| 41:13 |
"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail?
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| 41:14 |
"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror.
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| 41:15 |
"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal.
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| 41:16 |
"One is so near to another That no air can come between them.
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| 41:17 |
"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated.
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| 41:18 |
"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
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| 41:19 |
"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth.
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| 41:20 |
"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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| 41:21 |
"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth.
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| 41:22 |
"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him.
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| 41:23 |
"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable.
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| 41:24 |
"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone.
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| 41:25 |
"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered.
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| 41:26 |
"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.
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| 41:27 |
"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood.
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| 41:28 |
"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.
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| 41:29 |
"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin.
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| 41:30 |
"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire.
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| 41:31 |
"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
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| 41:32 |
"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired.
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| 41:33 |
"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear.
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| 41:34 |
"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride."
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