איוב 26

1 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Job answered,

2 מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃

“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

3 מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חׇכְמָה וְתֻשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃

How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4 אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

5 הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃

“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

6 עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol h7585)

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. (Sheol h7585)

7 נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

8 צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹֽא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

9 מְאַחֵז פְּנֵֽי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃

He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

10 חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

11 עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

12 בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם (ובתובנתו) [וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ] מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

13 בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹלְלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽחַ׃

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

14 הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דְּרָכָו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גְּבוּרֹתָו מִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

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?”