אִיּוֹב 38
| וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מנ הסערה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: —
| מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ | 2 |
Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge?
| אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 3 |
Gird, I pray thee—like a strong man—thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:
| אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ | 4 |
Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!
| מִי־שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו׃ | 5 |
Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line?
| עַל־מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ | 6 |
Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; —
| בְּרָן־יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 7 |
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
| וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ | 8 |
Or [who] shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;
| בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ | 9 |
When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof;
| וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ | 10 |
And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors;
| וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ | 11 |
And said—Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, —and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?
| הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר ידעתה שחר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
Since thy days [began] hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;
| לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it?
| תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ | 14 |
It transformeth itself like the clay of a seal, so that things stand forth like one arrayed;
| וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ | 15 |
That their light may be withdrawn from the lawless, and, the lofty arm, be shivered.
| הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־ יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ | 16 |
Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? Or, through the secret recesses of the resounding deep, hast thou wandered?
| הֲנִגְל֣וּ לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee? And, the gates of the death-shade, couldst thou descry?
| הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי ־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ | 18 |
Hast thou well considered, even the breadths of the earth? Tell—if thou knowest it all!
| אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 19 |
Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place?
| כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּל֑וֹ וְכִֽי־תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | 20 |
That thou mayest conduct it unto the bound thereof, and that thou mayest perceive the paths to its house.
| יָ֭דַעְתָּ כִּי־אָ֣ז תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וּמִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃ | 21 |
Thou knowest, for, then, hadst thou been born! And, in number, thy days are many!
| הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ | 22 |
Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? And, the treasuries of the hail, couldst thou see?
| אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ | 23 |
Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?
| אֵי־זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 24 |
Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth.
| מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃ | 25 |
Who hath cloven—for the torrent—a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders;
| לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃ | 26 |
To give rain over the no-man’s land, the desert, where no son of earth is;
| לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ | 27 |
To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass?
| הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ | 28 |
Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
| מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃ | 29 |
Out of whose womb, came forth the ice? And, the hoar-frost of the heavens, who hath given it birth?
| כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ | 30 |
Like a stone, are the waters congealed, and, the face of the roaring deep, becometh firm!
| הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ | 31 |
Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose?
| הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ | 32 |
Canst thou bring forth the signs of the Zodiac each in its season? Or, the Bear and her Young, canst thou lead?
| הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 33 |
Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?
| הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | 34 |
Canst thou lift up, to the thick cloud, thy voice, and the overflow of waters cover thee?
| הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ | 35 |
Canst thou send forth the lightnings, so that they go, and say to thee, Behold us?
| מִי־שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה׃ | 36 |
Who hath put—into cloud-forms—wisdom? Or who hath given—to the meteor—understanding?
| מִֽי־יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ | 37 |
Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out;
| בְּצֶ֣קֶת עָ֭פָר לַמּוּצָ֑ק וּרְגָבִ֥ים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ | 38 |
When the dust is cast into a clod, and the lumps are bound together?
| הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ | 39 |
Wilt thou hunt—for the Lioness—prey? Or, the craving of the Strong Lion, wilt thou satisfy;
| כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ | 40 |
When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait?
| מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־ילדו אֶל־אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ | 41 |
Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment, —when his young ones—unto GOD—cry out, [when] they wander for lack of food?
