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HOLY BIBLE: Job 41

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Job 41

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1 οおみくろんὐ δέδοικας ὅτたうιいおた ἡτοίμασταί μみゅーοおみくろんιいおた τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐμみゅーοおみくろんὶ ἀντιστάς 2 ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μみゅーοおみくろんιいおた κかっぱαあるふぁὶ ὑπομενεῖ εいぷしろんἰ πぱいᾶσしぐまαあるふぁ ἡ ὑ{P'} οおみくろんὐρανὸνにゅー ἐμή ἐσしぐまτたうιいおたνにゅー 3 οおみくろんὐ σιωπήσομαι δでるた{I'} αあるふぁὐτόν κかっぱαあるふぁὶ λόγον δυνάμεως ἐλεήσει τたうὸνにゅー ἴσしぐまοおみくろんνにゅー αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ

1 It is in mercy that I forbear to make him a plague for mankind. But indeed, there is no resisting me, 2 nor can any deserve my thanks by lending me the aid I lacked; nothing on earth but is at my disposal. 3 I give him no quarter, for all his boastful, all his flattering words.[1]

1

Non quasi crudelis suscitabo eum:
quis enim resistere potest vultui meo? 2
Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei?
omnia quæ sub cælo sunt, mea sunt. 3
Non parcam ei, et verbis potentibus,
et ad deprecandum compositis.

4 τίς ἀποκαλύψει πρόσωπον ἐνδύσεως αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんἰς δでるたὲ πτύξιν θώρακος αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ τίς ἂνにゅー εいぷしろんἰσέλθοι 5 πύλας προσώπου αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ τίς ἀνοίξει κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ φόβος 6 τたうὰ ἔγκατα αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἀσπίδες χάλκειαι σύνδεσμος δでるたὲ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ὥσπερ σμιρίτης λίθος 7 εいぷしろんἷς τたうοおみくろんῦ ἑνにゅーὸς κかっぱοおみくろんλらむだλらむだῶνται πぱいνにゅーεいぷしろんῦμみゅーαあるふぁ δでるたὲ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ διέλθῃ αあるふぁὐτόν 8 ἀνにゅーὴρろー τたうῷ ἀδελφῷ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ προσκολληθήσεται συνέχονται κかっぱαあるふぁὶ οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ ἀποσπασθῶσしぐまιいおたνにゅー 9 ἐνにゅー πταρμῷ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγος οおみくろんἱ δでるたὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ εいぷしろんἶδος ἑωσφόρου 10 ἐκかっぱ στόματος αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἐκπορεύονται λαμπάδες καιόμεναι κかっぱαあるふぁὶ διαρριπτοῦνται ἐσχάραι πυρός 11 ἐκかっぱ μυκτήρων αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἐκπορεύεται κかっぱαあるふぁπぱいνにゅーὸς καμίνου καιομένης πぱいυうぷしろんρろーὶ ἀνθράκων 12 ἡ ψυχὴ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἄνθρακες φふぁいλらむだὸξくしー δでるたὲ ἐκかっぱ στόματος αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ἐκπορεύεται 13 ἐνにゅー δでるたὲ τραχήλῳ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ αあるふぁὐλίζεται δύναμις ἔμπροσθεν αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ τρέχει ἀπώλεια 14 σάρκες δでるたὲ σώματος αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ κεκόλληνται καταχέει ἐ{P'} αあるふぁὐτόν οおみくろんὐ σαλευθήσεται 15 ἡ καρδία αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ πέπηγεν ὡς λίθος ἕστηκεν δでるたὲ ὥσπερ ἄκμων ἀνήλατος 16 στραφέντος δでるたὲ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ φόβος θηρίοις τετράποσιν ἐπぱいὶ γがんまῆς ἁλλομένοις 17 ἐὰνにゅー συναντήσωσιν αあるふぁὐτたうῷ λόγχαι οおみくろんὐδでるたὲνにゅー μみゅーὴ ποιήσωσιν δόρυ ἐπηρμένον κかっぱαあるふぁὶ θώρακα 18 ἥγηται μみゅーὲνにゅー γがんまὰρろー σίδηρον ἄχυρα χかいαあるふぁλらむだκかっぱὸνにゅー δでるたὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν 19 οおみくろんὐ μみゅーὴ τρώσῃ αあるふぁὐτたうὸνにゅー τόξον χάλκειον ἥγηται μみゅーὲνにゅー πετροβόλον χόρτον 20 ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σしぐまφふぁいῦρろーαあるふぁιいおた καταγελᾷ δでるたὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου 21 ἡ στρωμνὴ αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ ὀβελίσκοι ὀξくしーεいぷしろんῖς πぱいᾶς δでるたὲ χρυσὸς θαλάσσης ὑ{P'} αあるふぁὐτたうὸνにゅー ὥσπερ πぱいηいーたλらむだὸς ἀμύθητος 22 ἀναζεῖ τたうὴνにゅー ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χかいαあるふぁλらむだκかっぱεいぷしろんῖοおみくろんνにゅー ἥγηται δでるたὲ τたうὴνにゅー θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον 23 τたうὸνにゅー δでるたὲ τάρταρον τたうῆς ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αあるふぁἰχμάλωτον ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εいぷしろんἰς περίπατον

4 Who can strip the skin of him, who can penetrate into the cavern of his mouth, 5 forcing the gates that guard it, the terrors of his teeth? 6 The body of him is like shields of cast metal, scale pressing on scale, 7 so close to one another as to leave no vent between; 8 so well joined that nothing will part them. 9 Let him but sneeze, the fire flashes out; let him open his eyes, it is like the glimmer of dawn; 10 flames come from his jaws, bright as a burning torch, 11 smoke from his nostrils, thick as the fumes of a seething pot; 12 his very breath will set coals aflame, such fire issues from that mouth. 13 What strength dwells in that neck of his, what terrors play about him! 14 Firm-set are the folds of his flesh, unyielding though a thunder-bolt should strike them;[2] 15 firm-set, too, is the heart of him, firm as ever stone was, or smith’s anvil. 16 Rises he up, angels themselves are afraid, and take sanctuary in their dread.[3] 17 Sword-thrust, nor spear, nor breast-plate can hold their own against him; 18 to him, steel is but chaff, bronze but touch-wood, 19 nor fears he the archer; sling-stones he counts as straw, 20 as straw the hammer-blow, laughs at the brandished spear. 21 Sunlight flashes beneath him as he goes, a path of gold through the slime;[4] 22 he makes the deep sea boil like a pot where ointment simmers; 23 how it shines in his wake, as though ocean itself had grown hoary with age!

4
Quis revelabit faciem indumenti ejus?
et in medium oris ejus quis intrabit? 5
Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet?
per gyrum dentium ejus formido. 6
Corpus illius quasi scuta fusilia,
compactum squamis se prementibus. 7
Una uni conjungitur,
et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas. 8
Una alteri adhærebit,
et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur. 9
Sternutatio ejus splendor ignis,
et oculi ejus ut palpebræ diluculi. 10
De ore ejus lampades procedunt,
sicut tædæ ignis accensæ. 11
De naribus ejus procedit fumus,
sicut ollæ succensæ atque ferventis. 12
Halitus ejus prunas ardere facit,
et flamma de ore ejus egreditur. 13
In collo ejus morabitur fortitudo,
et faciem ejus præcedit egestas. 14
Membra carnium ejus cohærentia sibi:
mittet contra eum fulmina, et ad locum alium non ferentur. 15
Cor ejus indurabitur tamquam lapis,
et stringetur quasi malleatoris incus. 16
Cum sublatus fuerit, timebunt angeli,
et territi purgabuntur. 17
Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit,
neque hasta, neque thorax: 18
reputabit enim quasi paleas ferrum,
et quasi lignum putridum æs. 19
Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius:
in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ. 20
Quasi stipulam æstimabit malleum,
et deridebit vibrantem hastam. 21
Sub ipso erunt radii solis,
et sternet sibi aurum quasi lutum. 22
Fervescere faciet quasi ollam profundum mare,
et ponet quasi cum unguenta bulliunt. 23
Post eum lucebit semita:
æstimabit abyssum quasi senescentem.

24 οおみくろんὐκかっぱ ἔστιν οおみくろんὐδでるたὲνにゅー ἐπぱいὶ τたうῆς γがんまῆς ὅμοιον αあるふぁὐτたうῷ πεποιημένον ἐγκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπぱいὸ τたうῶνにゅー ἀγγέλων μみゅーοおみくろんυうぷしろん 25 πぱいᾶνにゅー ὑψηλὸνにゅー ὁρろーᾷ αあるふぁὐτたうὸς δでるたὲ βασιλεὺς πάντων τたうῶνにゅー ἐνにゅー τたうοおみくろんῖς ὕδασιν

24 He has not his like among the strong things of earth, that fearless nature, 25 that heaven-confronting eye. Over all the pride of earth he reigns supreme.

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Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei,
qui factus est ut nullum timeret. 25
Omne sublime videt:
ipse est rex super universos filios superbiæ.

[1] vv. 1-3. The Latin version here differs widely from the Hebrew text, which itself gives a questionable sense. If we follow the Latin it seems impossible to suppose that any creature in the natural order, such as the crocodile, is envisaged. But indeed there are many allusions in this chapter which cannot, without considerable ingenuity, be referred to the crocodile.

[2] There is no reference to a thunder-bolt in the Hebrew text. In the following verse, it has ‘nether mill-stone’ instead of ‘smith’s anvil’.

[3] ‘Take sanctuary’; literally, in the Latin version, ‘purify themselves’. The Hebrew word used is commonly interpreted as meaning ‘are bewildered’ in this context; and the Hebrew word rendered ‘angels’ perhaps only means ‘strong men’.

[4] The Hebrew text is different here, and apparently compares the scales of Leviathan to potsherds.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
Re-typeset and published in 2012 by Baronius Press Ltd