Job 26
1 Job replied,
| וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
| מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ ה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּ זְר֣וֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ |
3 What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
| מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ |
4 Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
| אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
5 The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
| הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
| עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol h7585) |
7 He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
| נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ |
8 He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
| צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
9 He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
| מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ |
10 On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
| חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
11 The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
| עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃ |
12 He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
| בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם ובתובנתו מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃ |
13 The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
| בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃ |
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־אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ קְצ֬וֹת דרכו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גבורתו מִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ ס |
