אִיּוֹב 26

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then responded Job, and said: —

2 מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ ה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּ זְר֣וֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃

How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?

3 מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃

How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?

4 אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?

5 הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃

The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;

6 עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ (Sheol h7585)

Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)

7 נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;

8 צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;

9 מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃

Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;

10 חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

11 עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:

12 בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃

By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:

13 בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃

By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

14 הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה ׀ קְצ֬וֹת דְּרָכָ֗יו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יו מִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ ס

Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?