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הֵן־תֹּחַלְתּוֹ נִכְזָבָה הֲגַם אֶל־מַרְאָיו יֻטָל
Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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לֹא־אַכְזָר כִּי יְעוּרֶנּוּ וּמִי הוּא לְפָנַי יִתְיַצָּב
None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
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מִי הִקְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּם תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַיִם לִי־הוּא
Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
Ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεταί μοι, καὶ ὑπομενεῖ; εἰ πᾶσα ἡ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν ἐμή ἐστιν,
Or who will resist me, and abide, Since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?
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Οὐ σιωπήσομαι διʼ αὐτόν· καὶ λόγον δυνάμεως ἐλεήσει τὸν ἶσον αὐτῷ.
I will not be silent because of him: Though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.
4
לא־לוֹ־אַחֲרִישׁ בַּדָּיו וּדְבַר־גְּבוּרוֹת וְחִין עֶרְכּוֹ
Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
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מִי־גִלָּה פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ בְּכֶפֶל רִסְנוֹ מִי יָבוֹא
Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
Τίς ἀποκαλύψει πρόσωπον ἐνδύσεως αὐτοῦ, εἰς δὲ πτύξιν θώρακος αὐτοῦ τίς ἂν εἰσέλθοι;
Who will open the face of his garment? And who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?
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דַּלְתֵי פָנָיו מִי פִתֵּחַ סְבִיבוֹת שִׁנָּיו אֵימָה
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
Πύλας προσώπου αὐτοῦ τίς ἀνοίξει; κύκλῳ ὀδόντων αὐτοῦ φόβος.
Who will open the doors of his face? Terror is round about his teeth.
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גַּאֲוָה אֲפִיקֵי מָגִנִּים סָגוּר חוֹתָם צָר
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד יִגַּשׁוּ וְרוּחַ לֹא־יָבוֹא בֵינֵיהֶם
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Εἷς τοῦ ἑνὸς κολλῶνται, πνεῦμα δὲ οὐ μὴ διέλθῃ αὐτόν.
One [part] cleaves fast to another, And the air cannot come between them.
9
אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיהוּ יְדֻבָּקוּ יִתְלַכְּדוּ וְלֹא יִתְפָּרָדוּ
They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται· συνέχονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποσπασθῶσιν.
They will remain united each to the other: They are closely joined, and cannot be separated.
10
עֲטִישֹׁתָיו תָּהֶל אוֹר וְעֵינָיו כְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָׁחַר
His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Ἐν πταρμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγος, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἶδος Ἑωσφόρου.
At his sneezing a light shines, And his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.
11
מִפִּיו לַפִּידִים יַהֲלֹכוּ כִּידוֹדֵי אֵשׁ יִתְמַלָּטוּ
Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
Ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύονται ὡς λαμπάδες καιόμεναι, καὶ διαῤῥιπτοῦνται ἑς ἐσχάραι πυρός.
Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, And as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.
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מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן כְּדוּד נָפוּחַ וְאַגְמֹן
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
Ἐκ μυκτήρων αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται καπνὸς καμίνου καιομένης πυρὶ ἀνθράκων.
Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace Burning with fire of coals.
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נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵא
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἄνθρακες, φλὸξ δὲ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἐκπορεύεται·
His breath is [as] live coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.
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בְּצַוָּארוֹ יָלִין עֹז וּלְפָנָיו תָּדוּץ דְּאָבָה
In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
Ἐν δὲ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ αὐλίζεται δύναμις, ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τρέχει ἀπώλεια.
And power is lodged in his neck, Before him destruction runs.
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מַפְּלֵי בְשָׂרוֹ דָבֵקוּ יָצוּק עָלָיו בַּל־יִמּוֹט
The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
Σάρκες δὲ σώματος αὐτοῦ κεκόλληνται· καταχέει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, οὐ σαλευθήσεται.
The flesh also of his body is joined together: [If one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.
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לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אָבֶן וְיָצוּק כְּפֶלַח תַּחְתִּית
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
Ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ πέπηγεν ὡς λίθος, ἕστηκε δὲ ὥσπερ ἄκμων ἀνήλατος.
His heart is firm as a stone, And it stands like an unyielding anvil.
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Στραφέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, φόβος θηρίοις τετράποσιν ἐπὶ γῆς ἁλλομένοις.
And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts Which leap upon the earth.
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מִשֵּׂתוֹ יָגוּרוּ אֵלִים מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּאוּ
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
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מַשִּׂיגֵהוּ חֶרֶב בְּלִי תָקוּם חֲנִית מַסָּע וְשִׁרְיָה
If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
Ἐὰν συναντήσωσιν αὐτῷ λόγχαι, οὐδὲν μὴ ποιήσωσι, δόρυ, καὶ θώρακα.
If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [Either with] the spear or the breastplate.
19
יַחְשֹׁב לְתֶבֶן בַּרְזֶל לְעֵץ רִקָּבוֹן נְחוּשָׁה
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Ἥγηται μὲν γὰρ σίδηρον ἄχυρα, χαλκὸν δὲ ὥσπερ ξύλον σαθρόν.
For he considers iron as chaff, And brass as rotten wood.
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Οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκεον· ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον.
The bow of brass shall not wound him, He deems a slinger as grass.
20
לֹא־יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ בֶן־קָשֶׁת לְקַשׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־לוֹ אַבְנֵי־קָלַע
The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
21
כְּקַשׁ נֶחְשְׁבוּ תוֹתָח וְיִשְׂחַק לְרַעַשׁ כִּידוֹן
Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
Ὡς καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφυρά, καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου.
Mauls are counted as stubble; And he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
22
תַּחְתָּיו חַדּוּדֵי חָרֶשׂ יִרְפַּד חָרוּץ עֲלֵי־טִיט
Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
Ἡ στρωμνὴ αὐτοῦ ὀβελίσκοι ὀξεῖς, πᾶς δὲ χρυσὸς θαλάσσης ὑπʼ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ πηλὸς ἀμύθητος.
His lair is [formed of] sharp points; And all the gold of the sea under him is as an immense [quantity of] clay.
23
יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה יָם יָשִׂים כַּמֶּרְקָחָה
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
Ἀναζεῖ τὴν ἄβυσσον ὥσπερ χαλκεῖον· ἥγηται δὲ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἐξάλειπτρον,
He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; And he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
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אַחֲרָיו יָאִיר נָתִיב יַחְשֹׁב תְּהוֹם לְשֵׂיבָה
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
τὸν δὲ τάρταρον τῆς ἀβύσσου ὥσπερ αἰχμάλωτον· ἐλογίσατο ἄβυσσον εἰς περίπατον.
And the lowest part of the deep as a captive: He reckons the deep as [his] range.
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אֵין־עַל־עָפָר מָשְׁלוֹ הֶעָשׂוּ לִבְלִי־חָת
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.
Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὅμοιον αὐτῷ, πεποιημένον ἐκαταπαίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων μου.
There is nothing upon the earth like to him, Formed to be sported with by my angels.
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אֵת־כָּל־גָּבֹהַּ יִרְאֶה הוּא מֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־בְּנֵי־שָׁחַץ
He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
Πᾶν ὑψηλὸν ὁρᾷ· αὐτὸς δὲ βασιλεὺς πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν.
He beholds every high thing: And he is king of all that are in the waters.