Ijob 41

1I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?

2Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

3I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.

4Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?

5Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

6His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.

7One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

8They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

9His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.

10Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.

11Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

12His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.

13In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.

14The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

15His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.

16When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.

17When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

18For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

19The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

20As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

21The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.

22He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.

23A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.

24There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

25He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.

1[Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum: quis enim resistere potest vultui meo?

2Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt.

3Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.

4Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit?

5Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.

6Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.

7Una uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.

8Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.

9Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis, et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi.

10De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut tædæ ignis accensæ.

11De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis.

12Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.

13In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo, et faciem ejus præcedit egestas.

14Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi: mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur.

15Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.

16Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.

17Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax:

18reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum æs.

19Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius: in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.

20Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.

21Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.

22Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.

23Post eum lucebit semita: æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.

24Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.

25Omne sublime videt: ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.]

1I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

2Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

3I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

4Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

5Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.

6His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

7One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

8They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

9His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

10Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

11Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

12His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

13Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

14The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.

15His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

16When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.

17When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

18For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

19The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

20He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

21The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.

22He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

23A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

24There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

25He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.