איוב 40
| וַיַּעַן יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And YHWH answers Job and says:
| הֲרֹב עִם־שַׁדַּי יִסּוֹר מוֹכִיחַ אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ | 2 |
“Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.”
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב אֶת־יְהֹוָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 3 |
And Job answers YHWH and says:
| הֵן קַלֹּתִי מָה אֲשִׁיבֶךָּ יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ־פִֽי׃ | 4 |
“Behold, I have been vile, What do I return to You? I have placed my hand on my mouth.
| אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה וּשְׁתַּיִם וְלֹא אוֹסִֽיף׃ | 5 |
I have spoken once, and I do not answer, And twice, and I do not add.”
| וַיַּעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנסערה) [מִן ׀ סְעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 6 |
And YHWH answers Job out of the whirlwind and says:
| אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 7 |
“Now gird your loins as a man, I ask you, and you cause Me to know.
| הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃ | 8 |
Do you also make My judgment void? Do you condemn Me, That you may be righteous?
| וְאִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל ׀ לָךְ וּבְקוֹל כָּמֹהוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃ | 9 |
And do you have an arm like God? And do you thunder with a voice like His?
| עֲדֵה נָא גָאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ וְהוֹד וְהָדָר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃ | 10 |
Now put on excellence and loftiness, Indeed, put on splendor and beauty.
| הָפֵץ עֶבְרוֹת אַפֶּךָ וּרְאֵה כׇל־גֵּאֶה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ | 11 |
Scatter abroad the wrath of your anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.
| רְאֵה כׇל־גֵּאֶה הַכְנִיעֵהוּ וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 12 |
See every proud one—humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.
| טׇמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר יָחַד פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבֹשׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃ | 13 |
Hide them in the dust together, Bind their faces in secret.
| וְגַם־אֲנִי אוֹדֶךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁעַ לְךָ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ | 14 |
And even I praise you, For your right hand gives salvation to you.
| הִנֵּה־נָא בְהֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּךְ חָצִיר כַּבָּקָר יֹאכֵֽל׃ | 15 |
Now behold, behemoth, That I made with you: He eats grass as an ox.
| הִנֵּה־נָא כֹחוֹ בְמׇתְנָיו וְאוֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
Now behold, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
| יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פַחֲדָו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ | 17 |
He bends his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
| עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחֻשָׁה גְּרָמָיו כִּמְטִיל בַּרְזֶֽל׃ | 18 |
His bones [are] tubes of bronze, His bones [are] as a bar of iron.
| הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל הָעֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
He [is] a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker [alone] brings His sword near;
| כִּי־בוּל הָרִים יִשְׂאוּ־לוֹ וְֽכׇל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה יְשַׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃ | 20 |
For mountains bear food for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
| תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִים יִשְׁכָּב בְּסֵתֶר קָנֶה וּבִצָּֽה׃ | 21 |
He lies down under shades, In a secret place of reed and marsh.
| יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלְלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ | 22 |
Shades cover him, [with] their shadow, Willows of the brook cover him.
| הֵן יַעֲשֹׁק נָהָר לֹא יַחְפּוֹז יִבְטַח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃ | 23 |
Behold, a flood oppresses—he does not hurry, He is confident though Jordan Comes forth to his mouth.
| בְּעֵינָיו יִקָּחֶנּוּ בְּמוֹקְשִׁים יִנְקׇב־אָֽף׃ | 24 |
Does [one] take him by his eyes? Does [one] pierce the nose with snares?”
