Job 40
1 And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
| ויען יהוה את איוב ויאמר׃ |
2 Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
| הרב עם שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה׃ |
3 And Job answered and said to the Lord,
| ויען איוב את יהוה ויאמר׃ |
4 Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
| הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו פי׃ |
5 I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.
| אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף׃ |
6 And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],
| ויען יהוה את איוב מן סערה ויאמר׃ |
7 Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
| אזר נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני׃ |
8 Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?
| האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק׃ |
9 Hast thou an arm like the Lord's? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
| ואם זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם׃ |
10 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
| עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש׃ |
11 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
| הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל גאה והשפילהו׃ |
12 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
| ראה כל גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם׃ |
13 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
| טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון׃ |
14 [Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].
| וגם אני אודך כי תושע לך ימינך׃ |
15 But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
| הנה נא בהמות אשר עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל׃ |
16 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
| הנה נא כחו במתניו ואנו בשרירי בטנו׃ |
17 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
| יחפץ זנבו כמו ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו׃ |
18 His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.
| עצמיו אפיקי נחושה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל׃ |
19 This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
| הוא ראשית דרכי אל העשו יגש חרבו׃ |
20 And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.
| כי בול הרים ישאו לו וכל חית השדה ישחקו שם׃ |
21 He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
| תחת צאלים ישכב בסתר קנה ובצה׃ |
22 And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
| יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי נחל׃ |
23 If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
| הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי יגיח ירדן אל פיהו׃ |
24 [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.
| בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב אף׃ |
