Job 41

an extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo et fune ligabis linguam eius

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

numquid pones circulum in naribus eius et armilla perforabis maxillam eius

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

numquid multiplicabit ad te preces aut loquetur tibi mollia

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

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?

numquid inludes ei quasi avi aut ligabis illum ancillis tuis

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

concident eum amici divident illum negotiatores

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

numquid implebis sagenas pelle eius et gurgustium piscium capite illius

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

pone super eum manum tuam memento belli nec ultra addas loqui

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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?

non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum quis enim resistere potest vultui meo

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

quis ante dedit mihi ut reddam ei omnia quae sub caelo sunt mea sunt

Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

non parcam ei et verbis potentibus et ad deprecandum conpositis

I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

quis revelavit 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?

portas vultus eius quis aperiet per gyrum dentium eius formido

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia et conpactum squamis se prementibus

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

una uni coniungitur et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

una alteri adherebunt et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

sternutatio eius splendor ignis et oculi eius ut palpebrae diluculi

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

de ore eius lampades procedunt sicut taedae ignis accensae

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

de naribus eius procedit fumus sicut ollae succensae atque ferventis

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

halitus eius prunas ardere facit et flamma de ore eius egreditur

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

in collo eius morabitur fortitudo et faciem eius praecedet egestas

In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

membra carnium eius coherentia sibi mittet contra eum fulmina et ad locum alium non ferentur

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

cor eius indurabitur quasi lapis et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

cum sublatus fuerit timebunt angeli et territi purgabuntur

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

cum adprehenderit eum gladius subsistere non poterit neque hasta neque torax

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum et quasi lignum putridum aes

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

non fugabit eum vir sagittarius in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae

The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum et deridebit vibrantem hastam

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

sub ipso erunt radii solis sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum

Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

post eum lucebit semita aestimabit abyssum quasi senescentem

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

non est super terram potestas quae conparetur ei qui factus est ut nullum timeret

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

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.