Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
| מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ |
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
| מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ |
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
| אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
| הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
| עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol h7585) |
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
| נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ |
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
| צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
| מְאַחֵז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ |
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
| חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
| עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃ |
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
| בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם ובתובנתו וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃ |
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
| בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃ |
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
| הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דרכו דְּרָכָיו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גבורתו גְּבוּרוֹתָיו מִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ |
