איוב 40

1 ויען יהוה את-איוב ויאמר

Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,

2 הרב עם-שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה

“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”

3 ויען איוב את-יהוה ויאמר

Then Job answered Yahweh and said,

4 הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו-פי

“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.

5 אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף

I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

6 ויען-יהוה את-איוב מנסערה (מן סערה) ויאמר

Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,

7 אזר-נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני

“Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.

8 האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק

Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?

9 ואם-זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם

Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

10 עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש

Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.

11 הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל-גאה והשפילהו

Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.

12 ראה כל-גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם

Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.

13 טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון

Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.

14 וגם-אני אודך כי-תושע לך ימינך

Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.

15 הנה-נא בהמות אשר-עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל

Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.

16 הנה-נא כחו במתניו ואונו בשרירי בטנו

See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.

17 יחפץ זנבו כמו-ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו

He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.

18 עצמיו אפיקי נחשה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל

His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.

19 הוא ראשית דרכי-אל העשו יגש חרבו

He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.

20 כי-בול הרים ישאו-לו וכל-חית השדה ישחקו-שם

For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.

21 תחת-צאלים ישכב-- בסתר קנה ובצה

He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.

22 יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי-נחל

The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.

23 הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי-יגיח ירדן אל-פיהו

See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.

24 בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב-אף

Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?