איוב 40
| וַיַּעַן יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: —
| 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 answereth Jehovah, and saith: —
| הֵן קַלֹּתִי מָה אֲשִׁיבֶךָּ יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ־פִֽי׃ | 4 |
Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.
| אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה וּשְׁתַּיִם וְלֹא אוֹסִֽיף׃ | 5 |
Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
| וַיַּעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב (מנסערה) [מִן ׀ סְעָרָה] וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 6 |
And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —
| אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 7 |
Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.
| הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃ | 8 |
Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
| וְאִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל ׀ לָךְ וּבְקוֹל כָּמֹהוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃ | 9 |
And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?
| עֲדֵה נָא גָאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ וְהוֹד וְהָדָר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃ | 10 |
Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.
| הָפֵץ עֶבְרוֹת אַפֶּךָ וּרְאֵה כׇל־גֵּאֶה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ | 11 |
Scatter abroad the wrath of thine 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, Their faces bind in secret.
| וְגַם־אֲנִי אוֹדֶךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁעַ לְךָ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ | 14 |
And even I — I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.
| הִנֵּה־נָא בְהֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּךְ חָצִיר כַּבָּקָר יֹאכֵֽל׃ | 15 |
Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.
| הִנֵּה־נָא כֹחוֹ בְמׇתְנָיו וְאוֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
Lo, I pray thee, his power [is] in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.
| יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פַחֲדָו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ | 17 |
He doth bend 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 brass, 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 bringeth nigh his sword;
| כִּי־בוּל הָרִים יִשְׂאוּ־לוֹ וְֽכׇל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה יְשַׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃ | 20 |
For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.
| תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִים יִשְׁכָּב בְּסֵתֶר קָנֶה וּבִצָּֽה׃ | 21 |
Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.
| יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלְלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ | 22 |
Cover him do shades, [with] their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.
| הֵן יַעֲשֹׁק נָהָר לֹא יַחְפּוֹז יִבְטַח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃ | 23 |
Lo, a flood oppresseth — he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.
| בְּעֵינָיו יִקָּחֶנּוּ בְּמוֹקְשִׁים יִנְקׇב־אָֽף׃ | 24 |
Before his eyes doth [one] take him, With snares doth [one] pierce the nose?
