< איוב 38 >
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנהסערה) [מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 2 |
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto Me.
אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיׇסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ | 4 |
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast the understanding.
מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ | 5 |
Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?
עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הׇטְבָּעוּ אוֹ מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ | 6 |
Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
בְּרׇן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כׇּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 7 |
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ | 8 |
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb;
בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹ וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ | 10 |
And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,
וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 11 |
And said: 'Thus far shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'?
הֲֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר (ידעתה שחר) [יִדַּעְתָּ הַשַּׁחַר] מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, and caused the dayspring to know its place;
לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁ עִ ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ | 14 |
It is changed as clay under the seal; and they stand as a garment.
וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁ עִ ים אוֹרָם וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ | 15 |
But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.
הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ | 16 |
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?
הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ | 18 |
Hast thou surveyed unto the breadths of the earth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכׇּן־אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;
כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹ וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 21 |
Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!
הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶג וְאוֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 22 |
Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ | 23 |
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹר יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 24 |
By what way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ | 25 |
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ | 27 |
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ | 28 |
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ | 30 |
The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ | 31 |
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹ וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ | 32 |
Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 33 |
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 34 |
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹֽאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ | 35 |
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee: 'Here we are'?
מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חׇכְמָה אוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ | 36 |
Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחׇכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | 37 |
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ | 38 |
When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ | 39 |
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
כִּֽי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹת יֵֽשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ | 40 |
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־יְלָדָו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 41 |
Who provideth for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?