5:30 At that time 1 they will growl over their prey, 2
it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. 3
One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster,
clouds will turn the light into darkness. 4
27:1 At that time 5 the Lord will punish
with his destructive, 6 great, and powerful sword
Leviathan the fast-moving 7 serpent,
Leviathan the squirming serpent;
he will kill the sea monster. 8
1 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
2 tn Heb “over it”; the referent (the prey) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “like the growling of the sea.”
4 tn Heb “and one will gaze toward the land, and look, darkness of distress, and light will grow dark by its [the land’s?] clouds.”
5 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV).
6 tn Heb “hard, severe”; cf. NAB, NRSV “cruel”; KJV “sore”; NLT “terrible.”
7 tn Heb “fleeing” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). Some translate “slippery” or “slithering.”
8 tn The description of Leviathan should be compared with the following excerpts from Ugaritic mythological texts: (1) “Was not the dragon (Ugaritic tnn, cognate with Hebrew תַנִּין [tannin, translated “sea monster” here]) vanquished and captured? I did destroy the wriggling (Ugaritic ’qltn, cognate to Hebrew עֲקַלָּתוֹן [’aqallaton, translated “squirming” here]) serpent, the tyrant with seven heads (cf. Ps 74:14).” (See CTA 3 iii 38-39.) (2) “for all that you smote Leviathan the slippery (Ugaritic brh, cognate to Hebrew בָּרִחַ [bariakh, translated “fast-moving” here]) serpent, [and] made an end of the wriggling serpent, the tyrant with seven heads” (See CTA 5 i 1-3.)