Job 41 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Canst thou draw out the Crocodile with a fish–hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue? ² Wilt thou put a rush–cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw? ³ Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly? ⁴ Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life–long servant? ⁵ Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens? ⁶ Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders? ⁷ Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish–spears, his head? ⁸ Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle––no more! ⁹ Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed? ¹⁰ None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
¹¹ Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is! ¹² I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour. ¹³ Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter? ¹⁴ The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror! ¹⁵ A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal; ¹⁶ One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them; ¹⁷ Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted; ¹⁸ His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn; ¹⁹ Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape; ²⁰ Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes; ²¹ His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth; ²² In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay; ²³ The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved; ²⁴ His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone; ²⁵ At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves: ²⁶ As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail: ²⁷ He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood: ²⁸ The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling–stones changed by him: ²⁹ As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin; ³⁰ His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime: ³¹ He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel: ³² After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary! ³³ There is not––upon the dust––his like, that hath been made to be without fear; ³⁴ Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.

⁸ Let day–cursers denounce it, Those skilled in rousing the dragon of the sky:

¹⁴ Thou, didst crush the heads of the Sea–Monster, Thou didst give him to be food, for the people of the deserts;

²⁶ There, ships, sail along, This sea–monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;

¹ In that day, will Yahweh, With his sword––the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment, Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent,––And will slay the monster which is in the sea.

²⁸ Because, thy raging against me, and thy contempt, have come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my ring in thy nose, and my bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁹ Because, thy raging against me, and thy contempt, have come up into mine ears, Therefore will I put, My ring in thy nose, and, My bit in thy lips, And will turn thee back, by the way by which thou camest.

⁴ Therefore will I put hooks in thy jaws, And cause the fish of thy rivers to stick fast in thy scales,––And will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, And, all the fish of thy rivers, to thy scales, shall stick fast; ⁵ And I will stretch thee out towards the desert, Thee, and all the fish of thy rivers, On the face of the field, shalt thou lie, Thou shalt not be carried away, nor shalt thou be gathered, To the wild beast of the earth, and to the bird of the heavens, have I given thee for food.

²¹ Smoother than curds, were [the words of] his mouth, But, war, was [in] his heart,––Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were drawn swords!

¹ A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

²³ Supplications, doth the poor man utter, but, the rich, answereth fiercely.

¹⁵ By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.

¹⁰ Who have said to, the seers, Ye must not, see! To the prophets, Ye must not prophesy to us reproofs! Speak to us smooth things, Prophesy delusions:

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them––Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it,––and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.

⁶ then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door–post,––and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.

¹⁷ then shalt thou take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, so shall he be thy servant all his life. And, unto thine handmaid also, shalt thou do thus.

³¹ And his servants said unto him, Lo! we pray thee, we have heard, of the kings of the house of Israel, that, kings known for lovingkindness, they are. Let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes about our head, and let us go forth unto the king of Israel, peradventure he will save alive thy soul. ³² So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and [put] ropes about their heads, and came in unto the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant, Ben–hadad, saith,––Let my soul live, I pray thee. And he said,––Is he yet alive? My brother, he is. ³³ Now, the men, could divine, so they hastened to let him confirm the word of his own accord, and they said,––Thy brother, is Ben–hadad! He said therefore,––Go fetch him. So Ben–hadad came forth unto him, and he made him come up unto him on his chariot. ³⁴ And he said unto him––The cities which my father took from thy father, will I restore, and, bazaars, shalt thou make thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. So then, I, with this covenant, will let thee go. So he solemnised with him a covenant, and let him go.

⁵ That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him? ⁶ Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,––All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars. ²⁶ And Samson said unto the youth that held him by his hand, Place me where I may feel the pillars whereon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them. ²⁷ Now, the house, was full of men and women, there, also were all the lords of the Philistines,––and, on the roof, were about three thousand men and women, looking on while Samson made sport. ²⁸ So then Samson cried unto Yahweh, and said,––My Lord Yahweh! remember me, I pray thee,––and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged, with one avenging, for my two eyes, upon the Philistines. ²⁹ Then did Samson grasp the two middle pillars, whereon the house rested, and whereon it was upheld, and he braced himself against them,––the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. ³⁰ And Samson said––Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he bowed mightily, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead, whom he slew at his death, were more than they whom he slew in his life.

¹¹ From trickling, he restraineth, rivers, and, some hidden thing, is he bringing out to light.

¹¹ And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him.

¹¹ And the king of Israel responded and said: Tell him,––Let not, him that girdeth, boast himself like him, that looseneth.

⁴ Then feared they very greatly, and said, Lo! two kings, stood not before him; how then, should, we, stand?

³¹ Or, what king, moving on to encounter, another king, in battle, will not sit down first and take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who, with twenty thousand, is coming against him. ³² And, if not, by any means, while he is yet afar off, he sendeth, an embassy, and requesteth the conditions of peace.

³⁴ so that thou shalt be mad,––for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

¹¹ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Lo! I am doing a thing, in Israel,––at which both ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.

¹⁹ As often as it sweepeth past, it shall take you, away, For, morning by morning, shall it pass along, By day and by night,––And it shall be nothing less than a terror, to make out the message;

¹¹ As well great earthquakes, as also, in places, pestilences and famines, will there be, as well objects of terror, as also, from heaven, great signs, will there be.

⁹ A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son, hast thou come up! He hath stooped––hath crouched, As a lion––or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him?

⁹ He hath knelt––hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee, are each one blessed, But, such as curse thee, are each one cursed.

⁴ Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

⁹ But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

¹¹ Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling: ¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,––How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

⁵ If, with the footmen, thou hast run, and they have wearied thee, How then wilt thou hotly contend, with horses? Though, in a safe land, thou, art confident, Yet how wilt thou deal with the proud banks of the Jordan?

¹⁷ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, O son of man? Is it too small a thing for the house of Judah, to be committing the abominations which they have committed here,––that they have filled the land with violence, and have again, provoked me to anger, and there they are! putting the branch to my nose. ¹⁸ Therefore, even I, will act with indignation, Mine eye, shall not shield, Neither will I pity,––Though they have cried in mine ears, with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

²² Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;

¹⁴ Lo! unto Yahweh thy God, belong the heavens, even the highest heavens,––the earth, with all that is therein.

¹¹ Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,––thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,––as chief; ¹² and, riches and honour, are from before thee, and, thou, art ruling over all, and, in thy hand, are power and might,––and, in thy hand, it is, to give greatness and strength unto any. ¹³ Now, therefore, O our God, we are giving thanks unto thee,––and offering praise, unto thy beautiful Name. ¹⁴ And yet, who am, I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer willingly like this? for, from thee, is the whole, and, out of thine own hand, have we given unto thee;

² Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself! ³ Is it a pleasure to the Almighty, that thou shouldst be righteous? or any profit, that thou shouldst be blameless in thy ways?

⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give unto him? Or what, at thy hand, can he accept?

³ For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold.

¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein;

¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.

¹⁶ As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men.

³⁵ Or who hath first given unto him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?

²⁶ For, unto the Lord, belongeth the earth, and the fullness thereof.

²⁸ But, if anyone should say unto you,––This, is, a holy sacrifice, do not eat, for that man’s sake who disclosed it, and for conscience sake:––

²⁵ And God made the wild–beast of the land, after its kind, and the tame–beast, after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was, good.

⁹ Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment,––With the bit and bridle of his mouth, [hast thou] to restrain him,––He will not come near unto thee.

³ Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.

¹⁰ And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors;

⁴ My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.

⁶ O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions, knock thou out, O Yahweh!

¹⁴ A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors,––to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.

⁴ And the doors in the street be closed, when the sound of the mill become low,––and one rise at the chirp of a small bird, and low–voiced be all the daughters of song;

⁷ After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well–hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue––with its feet, it trampled down,––and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns.

²³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Let not, the wise man, glory, in his wisdom, Neither let, the mighty man, glory, in his might,––Let not, the rich man, glory, in his riches;

² And I saw a mighty messenger, proclaiming with a loud voice––Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to unloose the seals thereof? ³ And, no one, was able, in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, to open the scroll, or, to look thereon.

⁵ And, one of the elders, saith unto me––Do not weep! Lo! the lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath overcome, to open the scroll and the seven seals thereof.

⁹ Darkened be the stars of its twilight,––Let it wait for light, and there be none, neither let it see the eyelashes of the dawn:

¹⁴ And his head and hair, white, like white wool––like snow, and, his eyes, like a flame of fire,

⁸ There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it:

¹³ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, a second time, saying, What canst thou see? And I said, A boiling caldron, can I see, with, the front thereof, on the North. ¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto me,––Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.

¹² Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire.

³³ For there hath been set in order, beforehand, a Topheth, Yea, the same, for the king, hath been prepared, He hath made it deep––made it large,––The circumference thereof is for fire and wood in abundance, The breath of Yahweh, like a torrent of brimstone, is ready to kindle it.

⁵ Before him, marcheth pestilence,––and fever, goeth forth, at his feet:

¹⁹ Couldst thou give––to the Horse––strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?

¹⁶ Behold, I pray thee, his strength in his loins, and his force, in the muscles of his belly;

¹⁴ Out of the hand of hades, will I ransom them, out of death, will I redeem them,––Where is thy pestilence, O death? Where thy plague, O hades? Repentance, shall be hid from mine eyes.

⁵⁵ Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting? ⁵⁶ Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law; –– ⁵⁷ But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ Because I knew that––Obstinate, thou wast,––And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,

³ O Yahweh! thine own eyes, are they not directed to fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, Yet have they not grieved, Thou hast consumed them––They have refused to receive correction,––They have made their faces bolder than a cliff, They have refused to return.

¹² and, their heart, turned they into adamant, that they might not hear the law, nor the words which Yahweh of hosts sent by his spirit, through the former prophets,––and so there came great wrath from Yahweh of hosts.

²⁸ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth,

⁴ But, Yahweh, hurled a great wind against the sea,––and, there arose a mighty tempest in the sea,––and, the ship, thought to be broken in pieces, ⁵ Then were the mariners, afraid, and made outcry every man unto his own god, and they hurled the wares which were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them,––but, Jonah, had gone down into the hinder parts of the vessel, and had lain down, and fallen into a sound sleep. ⁶ Then drew near unto him the shipmaster, and said to him, What meanest thou, O sound sleeper? Arise, cry unto thy God, Peradventure God will bethink himself of us, that we perish not.

²¹ He diggeth into the plain, and rejoiceth in vigour, he goeth forth to meet armour; ²² He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword; ²³ Against him, whiz [the arrows of] the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin; ²⁴ With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground,––he will not stand still when the horn soundeth;

⁷ He laugheth at the throng of the city, The shoutings of the driver, he heareth not;

¹⁰ And, he, over kings, will make merry, and, nobles, will be a scorn to him: he, at any fortress, will laugh, once he hath heaped up dust, he hath captured it!

¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the host, bucklers and spears and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows,––and yea even sling–stones.

¹⁵ Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make:

² Now, the earth, had become waste and wild, and, darkness, was on the face of the roaring deep,––but, the Spirit of God, was brooding on the face of the waters.

¹⁵ yea let them be for luminaries, in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

¹⁵ But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers, in peace,––thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

⁸ So Abraham breathed his last, and died, in a fine old age, old and satisfied,––and was gathered unto his people.

³⁸ And he said, My son shall not go down with you,––For, his brother, is dead, and, he alone, is left, and, as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.

¹⁴ The resounding deep, hath said, It is not in me! And, the sea, hath said, It is not with me!

¹⁶ Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? Or, through the secret recesses of the resounding deep, hast thou wandered?

³⁰ Like a stone, are the waters congealed, and, the face of the roaring deep, becometh firm!

³¹ A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.

²⁹ The beauty of young men, is their strength, and, the ornament of old men, a hoary head.

¹⁹ He, is the beginning of the ways of GOD, Let his maker, present him his sword:

² Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh, that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly, Israel, will I not let go!

¹² By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:

⁸ Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:

⁶ For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck–chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;

¹⁰ Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;

¹ Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty,––Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.

³ Speak, and thou shalt say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt, The great Crocodile that lieth along in the midst of his rivers: Who saith––My river is, mine own, Since, I myself, made it me!

¹ And, a great sign, appeared in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and, the moon, beneath her feet, and, upon her head, a crown of twelve stars; ² and she was with child, and crieth out, being in pangs and in anguish to bring forth? ³ And there appeared another sign in heaven; and lo! a great red dragon,––having seven heads and ten horns, and, upon his heads, seven diadems;

² And, the beast which I saw, was like unto a leopard; and, his feet, as of a bear, and, his mouth, as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave unto him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

² and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years,–– ³ and cast him into the abyss, and fastened and sealed [it] over him,––that he might not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years, should be ended: after these, must he be loosed for a short time.