| 1 | “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? |
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ουχεόρακαςαυτὸνουδὲεπὶτοῖςλεγομένοιςτεθαύμακας;
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| 2 | Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? |
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ουδέδοικαςότιητοίμασταίμοι;τίςγάρεστινοεμοὶαντιστάς;
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| 3 | Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you? |
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ὴτίςαντιστήσεταίμοικαὶυπομενεῖ,ειπᾶσαηυπ᾿ουρανὸνεμήεστιν;
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| 4 | Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him as a servant forever? |
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ουσιωπήσομαιδι᾿αυτόν,καὶλόγονδυνάμεωςελεήσειτὸνίσοναυτοῦ.
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| 5 | Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you leash him for your maidens? |
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τίςαποκαλύψειπρόσωπονενδύσεωςαυτοῦ;ειςδὲπτύξινθώρακοςαυτοῦτίςὰνεισέλθοι;
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| 6 | Will your companions make a banquet of him? Will they apportion him among the merchants? |
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πύλαςπροσώπουαυτοῦτίςανοίξει;κύκλωοδόντωναυτοῦφόβος.
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| 7 | Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? |
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τὰέγκατααυτοῦασπίδεςχάλκειαι,σύνδεσμοςδὲαυτοῦώσπερσμιρίτηςλίθος·
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| 8 | Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again! |
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εῖςτοῦενὸςκολλῶνται,πνεῦμαδὲουμὴδιέλθηαυτόν·
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| 9 | Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false; Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him? |
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ανὴρτῶαδελφῶαυτοῦπροσκολληθήσεται,συνέχονταικαὶουμὴαποσπασθῶσιν.
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| 10 | No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against Me? |
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ενπταρμῶαυτοῦεπιφαύσκεταιφέγγος,οιδὲοφθαλμοὶαυτοῦεῖδοςεωσφόρου.
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| 11 | Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine. |
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εκστόματοςαυτοῦεκπορεύονταιλαμπάδεςκαιόμεναικαὶδιαρριπτοῦνταιεσχάραιπυρός·
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| 12 | “I will not conceal his limbs, His mighty power, or his graceful proportions. |
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εκμυκτήρωναυτοῦεκπορεύεταικαπνὸςκαμίνουκαιομένηςπυρὶανθράκων·
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| 13 | Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? |
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ηψυχὴαυτοῦάνθρακες,φλὸξδὲεκστόματοςαυτοῦεκπορεύεται.
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| 14 | Who can open the doors of his face, With his terrible teeth all around? |
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ενδὲτραχήλωαυτοῦαυλίζεταιδύναμις,έμπροσθεναυτοῦτρέχειαπώλεια.
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| 15 | His rows of scales are his pride, Shut up tightly as with a seal; |
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σάρκεςδὲσώματοςαυτοῦκεκόλληνται·καταχέειεπ᾿αυτόν,ουσαλευθήσεται.
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| 16 | One is so near another That no air can come between them; |
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ηκαρδίααυτοῦπέπηγενωςλίθος,έστηκενδὲώσπεράκμωνανήλατος.
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| 17 | They are joined one to another, They stick together and cannot be parted. |
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στραφέντοςδὲαυτοῦφόβοςθηρίοιςτετράποσινεπὶγῆςαλλομένοις.
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| 18 | His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. |
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εὰνσυναντήσωσιναυτῶλόγχαι,ουδὲνμὴποιήσωσινδόρυεπηρμένονκαὶθώρακα·
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| 19 | Out of his mouth go burning lights; Sparks of fire shoot out. |
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ήγηταιμὲνγὰρσίδηρονάχυρα,χαλκὸνδὲώσπερξύλονσαθρόν·
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| 20 | Smoke goes out of his nostrils, As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. |
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ουμὴτρώσηαυτὸντόξονχάλκειον,ήγηταιμὲνπετροβόλονχόρτον·
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| 21 | His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth. |
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ωςκαλάμηελογίσθησανσφῦραι,καταγελᾶδὲσεισμοῦπυρφόρου.
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| 22 | Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. |
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ηστρωμνὴαυτοῦοβελίσκοιοξεῖς,πᾶςδὲχρυσὸςθαλάσσηςυπ᾿αυτὸνώσπερπηλὸςαμύθητος.
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| 23 | The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. |
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αναζεῖτὴνάβυσσονώσπερχαλκεῖον,ήγηταιδὲτὴνθάλασσανώσπερεξάλειπτρον,
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| 24 | His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone. |
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τὸνδὲτάρταροντῆςαβύσσουώσπεραιχμάλωτον·ελογίσατοάβυσσονειςπερίπατον.
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| 25 | When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. |
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ουκέστινουδὲνεπὶτῆςγῆςόμοιοναυτῶπεποιημένονεγκαταπαίζεσθαιυπὸτῶναγγέλωνμου·
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| 26 | Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin. |
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πᾶνυψηλὸνορᾶ,αυτὸςδὲβασιλεὺςπάντωντῶνεντοῖςύδασιν.
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| 27 | He regards iron as straw, And bronze as rotten wood. |
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| 28 | The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones become like stubble to him. |
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| 29 | Darts are regarded as straw; He laughs at the threat of javelins. |
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| 30 | His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire. |
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| 31 | He makes the deep boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a pot of ointment. |
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| 32 | He leaves a shining wake behind him; One would think the deep had white hair. |
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| 33 | On earth there is nothing like him, Which is made without fear. |
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| 34 | He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride.” |
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