איוב 40
| ויען יהוה את איוב ויאמר׃ | 1 |
Moreover the LORD answered Job,
| הרב עם שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה׃ | 2 |
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
| ויען איוב את יהוה ויאמר׃ | 3 |
Then Job answered the LORD,
| הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו פי׃ | 4 |
“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
| אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף׃ | 5 |
I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
| ויען יהוה את איוב מן סערה ויאמר׃ | 6 |
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:
| אזר נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני׃ | 7 |
“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
| האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק׃ | 8 |
Will you even annul my judgement? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
| ואם זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם׃ | 9 |
Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
| עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש׃ | 10 |
“Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honour and majesty.
| הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל גאה והשפילהו׃ | 11 |
Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.
| ראה כל גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם׃ | 12 |
Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
| טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון׃ | 13 |
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
| וגם אני אודך כי תושע לך ימינך׃ | 14 |
Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
| הנה נא בהמות אשר עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל׃ | 15 |
“See now behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
| הנה נא כחו במתניו ואנו בשרירי בטנו׃ | 16 |
Look now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.
| יחפץ זנבו כמו ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו׃ | 17 |
He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.
| עצמיו אפיקי נחושה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל׃ | 18 |
His bones are like tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron.
| הוא ראשית דרכי אל העשו יגש חרבו׃ | 19 |
He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
| כי בול הרים ישאו לו וכל חית השדה ישחקו שם׃ | 20 |
Surely the mountains produce food for him, where all the animals of the field play.
| תחת צאלים ישכב בסתר קנה ובצה׃ | 21 |
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
| יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי נחל׃ | 22 |
The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.
| הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי יגיח ירדן אל פיהו׃ | 23 |
Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn’t tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
| בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב אף׃ | 24 |
Shall any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
