Job 26
1 Job replied,
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
| מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ |
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
| מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חׇכְמָה וְתֻשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ |
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
| אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
| הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
| עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol h7585) |
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
| נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ |
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
| צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹֽא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
| מְאַחֵז פְּנֵֽי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ |
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
| חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
11 The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
| עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃ |
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
| בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם (ובתובנתו) [וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ] מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃ |
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
| בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹלְלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽחַ׃ |
14 This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”
| הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דְּרָכָו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גְּבוּרֹתָו מִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ |
