Job 40
1 Moreover the LORD answered Job,
| ויען יהוה את איוב ויאמר׃ |
2 "Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
| הרב עם שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה׃ |
3 Then Job answered the LORD,
| ויען איוב את יהוה ויאמר׃ |
4 "Look, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
| הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו פי׃ |
5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
| אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף׃ |
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind,
| ויען יהוה את איוב מן סערה ויאמר׃ |
7 "Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
| אזר נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני׃ |
8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
| האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק׃ |
9 Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
| ואם זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם׃ |
10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
| עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש׃ |
11 Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
| הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל גאה והשפילהו׃ |
12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
| ראה כל גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם׃ |
13 Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
| טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון׃ |
14 Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
| וגם אני אודך כי תושע לך ימינך׃ |
15 "Look now at the sauropod, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
| הנה נא בהמות אשר עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל׃ |
16 Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
| הנה נא כחו במתניו ואנו בשרירי בטנו׃ |
17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
| יחפץ זנבו כמו ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו׃ |
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
| עצמיו אפיקי נחושה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל׃ |
19 He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
| הוא ראשית דרכי אל העשו יגש חרבו׃ |
20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
| כי בול הרים ישאו לו וכל חית השדה ישחקו שם׃ |
21 He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
| תחת צאלים ישכב בסתר קנה ובצה׃ |
22 The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
| יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי נחל׃ |
23 Look, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
| הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי יגיח ירדן אל פיהו׃ |
24 Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
| בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב אף׃ |
