Job 40
1 And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
| ויען יהוה את-איוב ויאמר |
2 Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
| הרב עם-שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה |
3 Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
| ויען איוב את-יהוה ויאמר |
4 What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
| הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו-פי |
5 One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
| אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף |
6 And the Lord answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:
| ויען-יהוה את-איוב מנסערה (מן סערה) ויאמר |
7 Gird up thy loins like a man: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.
| אזר-נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני |
8 Wilt thou make void my judgment: and condemn me, that thou mayst be justified?
| האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק |
9 And hast thou an arm like God, and canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
| ואם-זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם |
10 Clothe thyself with beauty, and set thyself up on high and be glorious, and put on goodly garments.
| עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש |
11 Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.
| הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל-גאה והשפילהו |
12 Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place.
| ראה כל-גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם |
13 Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
| טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון |
14 Then I will confess that thy right hand is able to save thee.
| וגם-אני אודך כי-תושע לך ימינך |
15 Behold behemoth whom I made with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
| הנה-נא בהמות אשר-עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל |
16 His strength is in his loins, and his force in the navel of his belly.
| הנה-נא כחו במתניו ואונו בשרירי בטנו |
17 He setteth up his tail like a cedar, the sinews of his testicles are wrapped together.
| יחפץ זנבו כמו-ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו |
18 His bones are like pipes of brass, his gristle like plates of iron.
| עצמיו אפיקי נחשה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל |
19 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him, he will apply his sword.
| הוא ראשית דרכי-אל העשו יגש חרבו |
20 To him the mountains bring forth grass: there all the beasts of the field shall play.
| כי-בול הרים ישאו-לו וכל-חית השדה ישחקו-שם |
21 He sleepeth under the shadow, in the covert of the reed, and in moist places.
| תחת-צאלים ישכב-- בסתר קנה ובצה |
22 The shades cover his shadow, the willows of the brook shall compass him about.
| יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי-נחל |
23 Behold, he will drink up a river, and not wonder: and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
| הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי-יגיח ירדן אל-פיהו |
24 In his eyes as with a hook he shall take him, and bore through his nostrils with stakes.
| בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב-אף |
