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