Job 26

1 Then Job answered,

ויען איוב ויאמר

2 “How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

מה-עזרת ללא-כח הושעת זרוע לא-עז

3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

מה-יעצת ללא חכמה ותשיה לרב הודעת

4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

את-מי הגדת מלין ונשמת-מי יצאה ממך

5 “The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

הרפאים יחוללו-- מתחת מים ושכניהם

6 Sheol (Sheol h7585) is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

ערום שאול נגדו ואין כסות לאבדון (Sheol h7585)

7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

נטה צפון על-תהו תלה ארץ על-בלימה

8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

צרר-מים בעביו ולא-נבקע ענן תחתם

9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

מאחז פני-כסה פרשז עליו עננו

10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

חק-חג על-פני-מים-- עד-תכלית אור עם-חשך

11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

עמודי שמים ירופפו ויתמהו מגערתו

12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

בכחו רגע הים ובתובנתו (ובתבונתו) מחץ רהב

13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

ברוחו שמים שפרה חללה ידו נחש ברח

14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

הן-אלה קצות דרכו-- ומה-שמץ דבר נשמע-בו ורעם גבורתו מי יתבונן