איוב 26
| ויען איוב ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Then Job made answer and said,
| מה עזרת ללא כח הושעת זרוע לא עז׃ | 2 |
How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
| מה יעצת ללא חכמה ותושיה לרב הודעת׃ | 3 |
How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
| את מי הגדת מלין ונשמת מי יצאה ממך׃ | 4 |
To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
| הרפאים יחוללו מתחת מים ושכניהם׃ | 5 |
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
| ערום שאול נגדו ואין כסות לאבדון׃ (Sheol h7585) | 6 |
The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil. (Sheol h7585)
| נטה צפון על תהו תלה ארץ על בלי מה׃ | 7 |
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
| צרר מים בעביו ולא נבקע ענן תחתם׃ | 8 |
By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
| מאחז פני כסה פרשז עליו עננו׃ | 9 |
By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
| חק חג על פני מים עד תכלית אור עם חשך׃ | 10 |
By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
| עמודי שמים ירופפו ויתמהו מגערתו׃ | 11 |
The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
| בכחו רגע הים ובתובנתו מחץ רהב׃ | 12 |
By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
| ברוחו שמים שפרה חללה ידו נחש בריח׃ | 13 |
By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
| הן אלה קצות דרכו ומה שמץ דבר נשמע בו ורעם גבורתו מי יתבונן׃ | 14 |
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
