Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job,
| וַיַּ֖עַן יְהוָ֥ה אֶת־אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 "Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
| הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסֹּ֑ור מֹוכִ֖יחַ אֱלֹ֣והַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פ |
3 Then Job answered the LORD,
| וַיַּ֖עַן אִיֹּ֥וב אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
4 "Look, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
| הֵ֣ן קַ֭לֹּתִי מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּ יָ֝דִ֗י שַׂ֣מְתִּי לְמֹו־פִֽי׃ |
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
| אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אֹוסִֽיף׃ פ |
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
| וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יֹּוב מִנ סְעָרָה (מִ֥ן ׀ סְעָרָ֗ה) וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
| אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהֹודִיעֵֽנִי׃ |
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
| הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃ |
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
| וְאִם־זְרֹ֖ועַ כָּאֵ֥ל ׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְקֹ֗ול כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃ |
10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
| עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽאֹ֣ון וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְהֹ֖וד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃ |
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
| הָ֭פֵץ עֶבְרֹ֣ות אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּרְאֵ֥ה כָל־גֵּ֝אֶ֗ה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ |
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
| רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
| טָמְנֵ֣ם בֶּעָפָ֣ר יָ֑חַד פְּ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם חֲבֹ֣שׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃ |
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
| וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אֹודֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תֹושִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ |
15 "Look now at the sauropod, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
| הִנֵּה־נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמֹות אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל׃ |
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
| הִנֵּה־נָ֣א כֹחֹ֣ו בְמָתְנָ֑יו וְ֝אֹנֹ֗ו בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י בִטְנֹֽו׃ |
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
| יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָבֹ֣ו כְמֹו־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדֹו (פַחֲדָ֣יו) יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ |
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
| עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃ |
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
| ה֖וּא רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכֵי־אֵ֑ל הָ֝עֹשֹׂו יַגֵּ֥שׁ חַרְבֹּֽו׃ |
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
| כִּֽי־ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־לֹ֑ו וְֽכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃ |
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
| תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃ |
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
| יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲלֹ֑ו יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ |
23 Look, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
| הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפֹּ֑וז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃ |
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
| בְּעֵינָ֥יו יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ בְּ֝מֹֽוקְשִׁ֗ים יִנְקָב־אָֽף׃ |
