איוב 40

1 וַיַּעַן יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

And the Lord continued, and he said to Job:

2 הֲרֹב עִם־שַׁדַּי יִסּוֹר מוֹכִיחַ אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃

Will he who contends with God be so easily silenced? Certainly, he who argues with God must also respond to him.

3 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב אֶת־יְהֹוָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Job answered the Lord, saying:

4 הֵן קַלֹּתִי מָה אֲשִׁיבֶךָּ יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ־פִֽי׃

What could I possibly answer, since I have been speaking thoughtlessly? I will place my hand over my mouth.

5 אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה וּשְׁתַּיִם וְלֹא אוֹסִֽיף׃

One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said; and another, to which I will add no more.

6 וַיַּעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנסערה) [מִן ׀ סְעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

7 אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

8 הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

9 וְאִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל ׀ לָךְ וּבְקוֹל כָּמֹהוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃

And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

10 עֲדֵה נָא גָאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ וְהוֹד וְהָדָר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

11 הָפֵץ עֶבְרוֹת אַפֶּךָ וּרְאֵה כׇל־גֵּאֶה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃

Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

12 רְאֵה כׇל־גֵּאֶה הַכְנִיעֵהוּ וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

13 טׇמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר יָחַד פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבֹשׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃

Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

14 וְגַם־אֲנִי אוֹדֶךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁעַ לְךָ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

15 הִנֵּה־נָא בְהֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּךְ חָצִיר כַּבָּקָר יֹאכֵֽל׃

Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

16 הִנֵּה־נָא כֹחוֹ בְמׇתְנָיו וְאוֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנֽוֹ׃

His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

17 יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פַחֲדָו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

18 עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחֻשָׁה גְּרָמָיו כִּמְטִיל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

19 הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל הָעֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּֽוֹ׃

He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

20 כִּי־בוּל הָרִים יִשְׂאוּ־לוֹ וְֽכׇל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה יְשַׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃

The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

21 תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִים יִשְׁכָּב בְּסֵתֶר קָנֶה וּבִצָּֽה׃

He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

22 יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלְלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃

The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

23 הֵן יַעֲשֹׁק נָהָר לֹא יַחְפּוֹז יִבְטַח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

24 בְּעֵינָיו יִקָּחֶנּוּ בְּמוֹקְשִׁים יִנְקׇב־אָֽף׃

He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.