Job 40
1 Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
| ויען יהוה את-איוב ויאמר |
2 Shall he who quibbles contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.
| הרב עם-שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה |
3 Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
| ויען איוב את-יהוה ויאמר |
4 Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
| הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו-פי |
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer, yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
| אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף |
6 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
| ויען-יהוה את-איוב מנסערה (מן סערה) ויאמר |
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man. I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
| אזר-נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני |
8 Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
| האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק |
9 Or have thou an arm like God? And can thou thunder with a voice like him?
| ואם-זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם |
10 Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity, and array thyself with honor and majesty.
| עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש |
11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him.
| הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל-גאה והשפילהו |
12 Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand.
| ראה כל-גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם |
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
| טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון |
14 Then I will also confess of thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
| וגם-אני אודך כי-תושע לך ימינך |
15 Behold now behemoth, which I made as well as thee. He eats grass as an ox.
| הנה-נא בהמות אשר-עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל |
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
| הנה-נא כחו במתניו ואונו בשרירי בטנו |
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
| יחפץ זנבו כמו-ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו |
18 His bones are as tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.
| עצמיו אפיקי נחשה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל |
19 He is a beginning of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
| הוא ראשית דרכי-אל העשו יגש חרבו |
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
| כי-בול הרים ישאו-לו וכל-חית השדה ישחקו-שם |
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
| תחת-צאלים ישכב-- בסתר קנה ובצה |
22 The lotus trees cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook encompass him about.
| יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי-נחל |
23 Behold, if a river overflows, he does not tremble. He is confident though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.
| הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי-יגיח ירדן אל-פיהו |
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
| בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב-אף |
