| 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said : | 1 וַיַּֽעַן־יְהֹוָה אֶת־אִיּוֹב מנהסערה מִן ׀ הַסְּעָרָהוַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
| 2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words? | 2 מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּיןבְּֽלִי־דָֽעַת׃ |
| 3 Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me. | 3 אֱזׇר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָוְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ |
| 4 Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding. | 4 אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיׇסְדִי־אָרֶץהַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָֽה׃ |
| 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? | 5 מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָעאוֹ מִֽי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּֽו׃ |
| 6 Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof, | 6 עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הׇטְבָּעוּאוֹ מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃ |
| 7 When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody? | 7 בְּרׇן־יַחַד כּוֹכְבֵי בֹקֶרוַיָּרִיעוּ כׇּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
| 8 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb : | 8 וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָםבְּגִיחוֹ מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵֽא׃ |
| 9 when I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands? | 9 בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשׁוֹוַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ |
| 10 I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors : | 10 וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּיוָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃ |
| 11 And I said : Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves. | 11 וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבוֹא וְלֹא תֹסִיףוּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאוֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ |
| 12 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? | 12 הֲֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר ידעתה שחר יִדַּעְתָּ הַשַּׁחַר מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
| 13 And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it? | 13 לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץוְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁ עִ ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
| 14 The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment : | 14 תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָםוְיִֽתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃ |
| 15 From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. | 15 וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁ עִ ים אוֹרָםוּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ |
| 16 Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep? | 16 הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָםוּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃ |
| 17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? | 17 הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶתוְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃ |
| 18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things? | 18 הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץהַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃ |
| 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness : | 19 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכׇּן־אוֹרוְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
| 20 That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof. | 20 כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלוֹוְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבוֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ |
| 21 Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born ? and didst thou know the number of thy days? | 21 יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵדוּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ |
| 22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail : | 22 הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרוֹת שָׁלֶגוְאוֹצְרוֹת בָּרָד תִּרְאֶֽה׃ |
| 23 Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war? | 23 אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָרלְיוֹם קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ |
| 24 By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? | 24 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אוֹריָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
| 25 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder : | 25 מִֽי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָהוְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת׃ |
| 26 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth : | 26 לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁמִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בּֽוֹ׃ |
| 27 That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass? | 27 לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָהוּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃ |
| 28 Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew? | 28 הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָבאוֹ מִי־הוֹלִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָֽל׃ |
| 29 Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it? | 29 מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַחוּכְפֹר שָׁמַיִם מִי יְלָדֽוֹ׃ |
| 30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. | 30 כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּוּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃ |
| 31 Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus? | 31 הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָהאֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃ |
| 32 Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth? | 32 הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרוֹת בְּעִתּוֹוְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃ |
| 33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? | 33 הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקּוֹת שָׁמָיִםאִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרוֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
| 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? | 34 הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָוְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ |
| 35 Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee : Here we are? | 35 הַֽתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּוְיֹֽאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃ |
| 36 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding? | 36 מִי־שָׁת בַּטֻּחוֹת חׇכְמָהאוֹ מִֽי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָֽה׃ |
| 37 Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? | 37 מִֽי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחׇכְמָהוְנִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃ |
| 38 When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together? | 38 בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָקוּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ |
| 39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, | 39 הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶףוְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃ |
| 40 When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes? | 40 כִּֽי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעוֹנוֹתיֵֽשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃ |
| 41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? | 41 מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹכִּֽי־יְלָדָו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּיִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |