איוב 40
| וַיַּעַן יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Yahweh said to Job,
| הֲרֹב עִם־שַׁדַּי יִסּוֹר מוֹכִיחַ אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ | 2 |
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
| וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב אֶת־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 3 |
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
| הֵן קַלֹּתִי מָה אֲשִׁיבֶךָּ יָדִי שַׂמְתִּי לְמוֹ־פִֽי׃ | 4 |
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
| אַחַת דִּבַּרְתִּי וְלֹא אֶֽעֱנֶה וּשְׁתַּיִם וְלֹא אוֹסִֽיף׃ | 5 |
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
| וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנ סערה מִן ׀ סְעָרָה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 6 |
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
| אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ אֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 7 |
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
| הַאַף תָּפֵר מִשְׁפָּטִי תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃ | 8 |
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
| וְאִם־זְרוֹעַ כָּאֵל ׀ לָךְ וּבְקוֹל כָּמֹהוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃ | 9 |
Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
| עֲדֵה נָא גָֽאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ וְהוֹד וְהָדָר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃ | 10 |
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
| הָפֵץ עֶבְרוֹת אַפֶּךָ וּרְאֵה כָל־גֵּאֶה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃ | 11 |
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
| רְאֵה כָל־גֵּאֶה הַכְנִיעֵהוּ וַהֲדֹךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ | 12 |
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
| טָמְנֵם בֶּעָפָר יָחַד פְּנֵיהֶם חֲבֹשׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃ | 13 |
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
| וְגַם־אֲנִי אוֹדֶךָּ כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁעַ לְךָ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ | 14 |
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
| הִנֵּה־נָא בְהֵמוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂיתִי עִמָּךְ חָצִיר כַּבָּקָר יֹאכֵֽל׃ | 15 |
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
| הִנֵּה־נָא כֹחוֹ בְמָתְנָיו וְאֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
| יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ כְמוֹ־אָרֶז גִּידֵי פחדו פַחֲדָיו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃ | 17 |
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
| עֲצָמָיו אֲפִיקֵי נְחוּשָׁה גְּרָמָיו כִּמְטִיל בַּרְזֶֽל׃ | 18 |
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
| הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל הָעֹשׂוֹ יַגֵּשׁ חַרְבּֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
| כִּֽי־בוּל הָרִים יִשְׂאוּ־לוֹ וְֽכָל־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃ | 20 |
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
| תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִים יִשְׁכָּב בְּסֵתֶר קָנֶה וּבִצָּֽה׃ | 21 |
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
| יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלֲלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃ | 22 |
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
| הֵן יַעֲשֹׁק נָהָר לֹא יַחְפּוֹז יִבְטַח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִיחַ יַרְדֵּן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃ | 23 |
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
| בְּעֵינָיו יִקָּחֶנּוּ בְּמֽוֹקְשִׁים יִנְקָב־אָֽף׃ | 24 |
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
