Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
| וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנ הסערה מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
| מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ |
3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
| אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ |
4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
| אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ |
5 Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
| מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ |
6 Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;
| עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִֽי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ |
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
| בְּרָן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
8 Or [who] shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, [as if] it had issued out of the womb?
| וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ |
9 When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,
| בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ |
10 And broke up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,
| וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָֽאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ |
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
| וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ |
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; [and] caused the day-spring to know its place;
| הְֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר ידעתה שחר יִדַּעְתָּה הַשַּׁחַר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
13 That it might take hold of the ends of earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
| לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
14 It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment.
| תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ |
15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
| וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
| הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ |
17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?
| הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ |
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.
| הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ |
19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] its place,
| אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
20 That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths [to] its house?
| כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִֽי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ |
21 Knowest thou [it], because thou wast then born? or [because] the number of thy days [is] great?
| יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ |
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
| הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ |
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
| אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ |
24 By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
| אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
| מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ |
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is]; [on] the wilderness in which [there is] no man;
| לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ |
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
| לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ |
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?
| הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ |
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
| מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ |
30 The waters are hid as [with] a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
| כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ |
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
| הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ |
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?
| הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ |
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?
| הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
34 Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
| הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ |
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we [are]?
| הֽ͏ַתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ |
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
| מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חָכְמָה אוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ |
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
| מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ |
38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
| בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ |
39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
| הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ |
40 When they couch in [their] dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?
| כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ |
41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
| מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־ילדו יְלָדָיו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |
