Job 41 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 (40-25) Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?
1 ¿SACARÁS tú al leviathán con el anzuelo, ó con la cuerda que le echares en su lengua?
1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 (40-26) Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook?
2 ¿Pondrás tú garfio en sus narices, y horadarás con espinas su quijada?
2 Can you put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
3 (40-27) Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?
3 ¿Multiplicará él ruegos para contigo? ¿hablaráte él lisonjas?
3 Will he make many petitions to you, or will he speak soft words to you?
4 (40-28) Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?
4 ¿Hará concierto contigo para que lo tomes por siervo perpetuo?
4 Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
5 (40-29) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
5 ¿Jugarás tú con él como con pájaro, ó lo atarás para tus niñas?
5 Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your girls?
6 (40-30) Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?
6 ¿Harán de él banquete los compañeros? ¿partiránlo entre los mercaderes?
6 Will traders barter for him? Will they part him among the merchants?
7 (40-31) Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
7 ¿Cortarás tú con cuchillo su cuero, ó con asta de pescadores su cabeza?
7 Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
8 (40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
8 Pon tu mano sobre él; te acordarás de la batalla, y nunca más tornarás.
8 Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
9 (41-1) Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
9 He aquí que la esperanza acerca de él será burlada: porque aun á su sola vista se desmayarán.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won’t one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10 (41-2) None is so fierce that dare stir him up; who then is able to stand before Me?
10 Nadie hay tan osado que lo despierte: ¿quién pues podrá estar delante de mí?
10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 (41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
11 ¿Quién me ha anticipado, para que yo restituya? [Todo lo que hay] debajo del cielo es mío.
11 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
12 (41-4) Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?
12 Yo no callaré sus miembros, ni lo de sus fuerzas y la gracia de su disposición.
12 “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
13 (41-5) Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?
13 ¿Quién descubrirá la delantera de su vestidura? ¿quién se llegará á él con freno doble?
13 Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?
14 (41-6) Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
14 ¿Quién abrirá las puertas de su rostro? Los órdenes de sus dientes espantan.
14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
15 (41-7) His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
15 La gloria [de su vestido son] escudos fuertes, cerrados entre sí estrechamente.
15 Strong scales are his pride, shut up together with a close seal.
16 (41-8) One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
16 El uno se junta con el otro, que viento no entra entre ellos.
16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17 (41-9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
17 Pegado está el uno con el otro, están trabados entre sí, que no se pueden apartar.
17 They are joined to one another. They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
18 (41-10) His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
18 Con sus estornudos encienden lumbre, y sus ojos son como los párpados del alba.
18 His sneezing flashes out light. His eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 (41-11) Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
19 De su boca salen hachas de fuego; centellas de fuego proceden.
19 Out of his mouth go burning torches. Sparks of fire leap out.
20 (41-12) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.
20 De sus narices sale humo, como de una olla ó caldero que hierve.
20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
21 (41-13) His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
21 Su aliento enciende los carbones, y de su boca sale llama.
21 His breath kindles coals. A flame goes out of his mouth.
22 (41-14) In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.
22 En su cerviz mora la fortaleza, y espárcese el desaliento delante de él.
22 There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.
23 (41-15) The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.
23 Las partes momias de su carne están apretadas: están en él firmes, y no se mueven.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together. They are firm on him. They can’t be moved.
24 (41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.
24 Su corazón es firme como una piedra, y fuerte como la muela de abajo.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
25 (41-17) When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.
25 De su grandeza tienen temor los fuertes, y á causa de su desfallecimiento hacen por purificarse.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.
26 (41-18) If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
26 Cuando alguno lo alcanzare, ni espada, ni lanza, ni dardo, ni coselete durará.
26 If one attacks him with the sword, it can’t prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
27 (41-19) He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
27 El hierro estima por pajas, y el acero por leño podrido.
27 He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.
28 (41-20) The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
28 Saeta no le hace huir; las piedras de honda se le tornan aristas.
28 The arrow can’t make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
29 (41-21) Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.
29 Tiene toda arma por hojarascas, y del blandir de la pica se burla.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble. He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
30 (41-22) Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
30 Por debajo [tiene] agudas conchas; Imprime [su] agudez en el suelo.
30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31 (41-23) He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.
31 Hace hervir como una olla la profunda mar, y tórnala como una olla de ungüento.
31 He makes the deep to boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 (41-24) He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
32 En pos de sí hace resplandecer la senda, que parece que la mar es cana.
32 He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
33 (41-25) Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.
33 No hay sobre la tierra su semejante, hecho para nada temer.
33 On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.
34 (41-26) He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
34 Menosprecia toda cosa alta: es rey sobre todos los soberbios.
34 He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 27:1; Job 3:8; Psalm 74:14; Psalm 104:26
- 2 Isaiah 37:29; Ezekiel 29:4–5; 2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 27:1
- 3 Proverbs 18:23; Isaiah 30:10; Proverbs 25:15; Proverbs 15:1; Psalm 55:21
- 4 Exodus 21:6; Deuteronomy 15:17; 1 Kings 20:31–34; Genesis 1:28; Psalm 8:5–6
- 5 Judges 16:25–30; Job 28:11
- 6 Judges 14:11
- 8 1 Kings 20:11; Luke 14:31–32; 2 Kings 10:4
- 9 Luke 21:11; 1 Samuel 3:11; Isaiah 28:19; Deuteronomy 28:34
- 10 Job 9:4; Jeremiah 12:5; Numbers 24:9; Job 3:8; 1 Corinthians 10:22
- 11 Romans 11:35; Psalm 24:1; 1 Chronicles 29:11–14; Job 35:7; Deuteronomy 10:14
- 12 Genesis 1:25
- 13 James 3:3; 2 Kings 19:28; Psalm 32:9
- 14 Ecclesiastes 12:4; Psalm 58:6; Daniel 7:7; Psalm 57:4; Job 38:10
- 15 Jeremiah 9:23; Revelation 5:2–3; Revelation 5:5
- 18 Job 3:9; Revelation 1:14
- 19 Psalm 18:8
- 20 Jeremiah 1:13–14
- 21 Psalm 18:8; Isaiah 30:33; Habakkuk 3:5; Psalm 18:12
- 22 Hosea 13:14; Job 40:16; 1 Corinthians 15:55–57; Job 39:19
- 24 Isaiah 48:4; Jeremiah 5:3; Zechariah 7:12
- 25 Jonah 1:4–6; Psalm 107:28
- 26 Job 39:21–24
- 28 Job 39:7; Habakkuk 1:10
- 29 2 Chronicles 26:14
- 30 Isaiah 41:15
- 32 Genesis 25:8; Job 38:30; Proverbs 16:31; Proverbs 20:29; Job 38:16
- 33 Job 40:19
- 34 Ezekiel 29:3; Psalm 73:6; Job 28:8; Job 26:12; Exodus 5:2
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