The Book of Job

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- Kapitel 41 -

I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.(a)

Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.(b)

His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.(c)

The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.(d)

His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.(e)

(f)

When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.(g)

He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.(h)

There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.(i)

He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.(j)

(k)

Fußnoten

(a)41:3 Or, ‘I will not be lenient to him, nor to his strong words and fabrications aimed at appeasement.’ Or, ‘I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and contrived attempts to appease me.’(Conte)

(b)41:5 This last phrase seems, if translated in an overly-literal manner, to say, ‘I am afraid of the circle of his teeth.’ But the context is that of God speaking about his creation. Therefore, the correct translation is that God has ‘placed fear in the circle of his teeth,’ or, ‘given dread to the circle of his teeth,’ or, ‘gave fear to the circle of his teeth.’(Conte)

(c)41:13 Or, ‘In his neck strength will dwell, and extreme poverty precedes his face.’ Notice that ‘morabitur’ is future tense but can be translated just as well in the present tense in English.(Conte)

(d)41:14 This first phrase could be translated as, ‘The parts of his body cling together.’ This refers to the different parts of the ‘body’ which is the Antichrist’s kingdom. The other possible translation, ‘The parts of his body work in harmony together,’ is more meaningful, both in the literal and the figurative connotations.(Conte)

(e)41:16 Literally, the phrase is “being terrified,” but English is more likely to phrase it something like “because they are terrified.” This verse could refer to the attempted false ascension by the Antichrist near the end of his reign.(Conte)

(f)41:16 Angels:Elim, Hebrew: which signifies here, the mighty, the most valiant, shall fear this monstrous fish, and in their fear shall seek to be purified.(Challoner)

(g)41:21 Under him:He shall not value the beams of the sun; and gold to him shall be like mire.(Challoner)

(h)41:23 The deep as growing old:Growing hoary, as it were with the froth which he leaves behind him.(Challoner)

(i)41:24 Here again Scripture is referring to the Antichrist. The translation of ‘quæ comparetur ei’ should therefore be ‘that is being compared to him,’ rather than ‘can be compared to him.’ For Christ still dwells, even during that future evil time, in the world in the form of the Eucharist (rare though it is on earth at that time). So, the statement that nothing on earth is being compared to the Antichrist is a true statement, but the statement that nothing on earth can be compared to the Antichrist would be a false statement.(Conte)

(j)41:25 He is king over the entire group of arrogant persons, but he does not have power of kingship over each and every one individually. His power has its limits. He sees prominent things, but not lowly things.(Conte)

(k)41:25 He is king, etc:He is superior in strength to all that are great and strong amongst living creatures: mystically it is understood of the devil, who is king over all the proud.(Challoner)

Nicht wie ein Grausamer werde ich ihn reizen, denn wer kann meinem Antlitze widerstehen?

Wer hat mir zuvor etwas gegeben, dass ich es ihm vergelten müsste? Alles, was unter dem Himmel ist, ist mein.

Ich schone seiner nicht, mag er trotzig reden oder die Worte zum Flehen fügen.

Wer wird die Oberfläche seines Gewandes aufdecken? Und wer mitten in seinen Rachen eindringen?

Die Pforten seines Rachens wer tut sie auf? Rings um seine Zähne ist Schrecken gelagert.

Sein Leib ist gegossenen Schilden gleich, dicht schließen sich die Schuppen aneinander.

Eine schließt sich an die andere und kein Lüftchen dringt durch sie hindurch.

Eine hängt an der andern und sie halten unzertrennlich zusammen.

Sein Niesen ist strahlendes Feuer und seine Augen sind wie die Wimpern der Morgenröte.

Aus seinem Maule fahren Fackeln wie flammende Feuerbrände.

Aus seinen Nüstern geht Rauch hervor wie aus einem erhitzten und siedenden Kessel.

Sein Schnauben entzündet Kohlen und Flammen fahren aus seinem Rachen.

Auf seinem Halse wohnt die Stärke und vor seinem Antlitze schreitet das Entsetzen her.

Die Glieder seines Fleisches sind eng aneinander gefügt; wenn Blitze auf ihn fallen, dringen sie nicht weiter.

Sein Herz ist hart wie ein Stein und gehärtet wie des Hämmerers Amboss.

Wenn er sich erhebt, so entsetzen sich die Boten und erschreckt entsündigen sie sich.

Greift ihn das Schwert an, so kann es nicht haften, auch Lanze nicht, noch Panzer;

denn wie Stroh achtet er das Eisen und wie morsches Holz das Erz.

Ihn bringt der Pfeilschütze nicht zur Flucht, in Strohhalme wandeln sich ihm die Steine der Schleuder.

Wie Strohhalme achtet er den Hammer und lacht des laufenden Speeres.

Unter ihm sind Sonnenstrahlen und er bettet sich auf Gold wie im Schlamme.

Er macht wie einen Kessel des Meeres Tiefen aufwallen und erregt sie, wie wenn Salben kochend sprudeln.

Hinter ihm leuchtet sein Pfad auf, für ergraut hält man die Flut.

Es ist auf Erden keine Macht, die sich mit ihm messen könnte; er ist gemacht, niemanden zu fürchten.

Er schaut auf alles Hohe, er ist der König über alle Kinder des Stolzes.