Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
| וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
| מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ הֹ֝ושַׁ֗עְתָּ זְרֹ֣ועַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃ |
3 How have you counselled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
| מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הֹודָֽעְתָּ׃ |
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?
| אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
| הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחֹולָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
| עָרֹ֣ום שְׁאֹ֣ול נֶגְדֹּ֑ו וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדֹּֽון׃ (Sheol h7585) |
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
| נֹטֶ֣ה צָפֹ֣ון עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃ |
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
| צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃ |
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
| מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֹֽו׃ |
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
| חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית אֹ֣ור עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ |
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
| עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרֹופָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֹֽו׃ |
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
| בְּ֭כֹחֹו רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּבִתוּבְנָתֹו (וּ֝בִתְבוּנָתֹ֗ו) מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃ |
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
| בְּ֭רוּחֹו שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝דֹ֗ו נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃ |
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”
| הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ קְצֹ֬ות דַּרְכֹּו (דְּרָכָ֗יו) וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בֹּ֑ו וְרַ֥עַם גְּבוּרָתֹו (גְּ֝בוּרֹותָ֗יו) מִ֣י יִתְבֹּונָֽן׃ ס |
