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Job

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A further description of the leviathan.

  • 41:1
    Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum : quis enim resistere potest vultui meo?
    I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?

    Note — 41:1

  • 41:2
    Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? omnia quae sub caelo sunt, mea sunt.
    Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

    Note — 41:2

  • 41:3
    Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus, et ad deprecandum compositis.
    I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.

    Note — 41:3

  • 41:4
    Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus? et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit?
    Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?

    Note — 41:4

  • 41:5
    Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet? per gyrum dentium ejus formido.
    Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

    Note — 41:5

  • 41:6
    Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia, compactum squamis se prementibus.
    His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.

    Note — 41:6

  • 41:7
    Una uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas.
    One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:

    Note — 41:7

  • 41:8
    Una alteri adhaerebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
    They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

    Note — 41:8

  • 41:9
    Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis, et oculi ejus ut palpebrae diluculi.
    His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.

    Note — 41:9

  • 41:10
    De ore ejus lampades procedunt, sicut taedae ignis accensae.
    Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.

    Note — 41:10

  • 41:11
    De naribus ejus procedit fumus, sicut ollae succensae atque ferventis.
    Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.

    Note — 41:11

  • 41:12
    Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit, et flamma de ore ejus egreditur.
    His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.

    Note — 41:12

  • 41:13
    In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo, et faciem ejus praecedit egestas.
    In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.

    Note — 41:13

  • 41:14
    Membra carnium ejus cohaerentia sibi : mittet contra eum fulmina et ad locum alium non ferentur.
    The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.

    Note — 41:14

  • 41:15
    Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis, et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus.
    His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil.

    Note — 41:15

  • 41:16
    Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli, et territi purgabuntur.
    When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.

    Note — 41:16

  • 41:17
    Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsitere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax :
    When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

    Note — 41:17

  • 41:18
    reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum, et quasi lignum putridum aes.
    For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

    Note — 41:18

  • 41:19
    Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius : in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundae.
    The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

    Note — 41:19

  • 41:20
    Quasi stipulam aestimabit malleum, et deridebit vibrantem hastam.
    As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

    Note — 41:20

  • 41:21
    Sub ipso erunt radii solis, et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum.
    The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.

    Note — 41:21

  • 41:22
    Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare, et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt.
    He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.

    Note — 41:22

  • 41:23
    Post eum lucebit semita : aestimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.
    A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.

    Note — 41:23

  • 41:24
    Non est super terram potestas quae comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret.
    There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

    Note — 41:24

  • 41:25
    Omne sublime videt : ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae.
    He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.

    Note — 41:25

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