Job 40

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:	1 ויען יהוה את איוב ויאמר
2 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.	2 הרב עם שדי יסור מוכיח אלוה יעננה
3 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?	3 ויען איוב את יהוה ויאמר
4 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?	4 הן קלתי מה אשיבך ידי שמתי למו פי
5 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.	5 אחת דברתי ולא אענה ושתים ולא אוסיף
6 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.	6 ויען יהוה את איוב מן סערה ויאמר
7 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.	7 אזר נא כגבר חלציך אשאלך והודיעני
8 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.	8 האף תפר משפטי תרשיעני למען תצדק
9 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.	9 ואם זרוע כאל לך ובקול כמהו תרעם
10 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.	10 עדה נא גאון וגבה והוד והדר תלבש
11 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.	11 הפץ עברות אפך וראה כל גאה והשפילהו
12 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.	12 ראה כל גאה הכניעהו והדך רשעים תחתם
13 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.	13 טמנם בעפר יחד פניהם חבש בטמון
14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.	14 וגם אני אודך כי תושע לך ימינך
15 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.	15 הנה נא בהמות אשר עשיתי עמך חציר כבקר יאכל
16 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.	16 הנה נא כחו במתניו ואנו בשרירי בטנו
17 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.	17 יחפץ זנבו כמו ארז גידי פחדו ישרגו
18 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.	18 עצמיו אפיקי נחושה גרמיו כמטיל ברזל
19 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.	19 הוא ראשית דרכי אל העשו יגש חרבו
20 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?	20 כי בול הרים ישאו לו וכל חית השדה ישחקו שם
21 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?	21 תחת צאלים ישכב בסתר קנה ובצה
22 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?	22 יסכהו צאלים צללו יסבוהו ערבי נחל
23 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?	23 הן יעשק נהר לא יחפוז יבטח כי יגיח ירדן אל פיהו
24 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?	24 בעיניו יקחנו במוקשים ינקב אף
25 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?
26 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?
27 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.
28 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.