1 וַיַּעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיֹּוב [מִן כ] [הַסְּעָרָה כ] (מִן ׀ ק) (הַסְּעָרָה ק) וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then the LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: |
2 מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּלִי־דָעַת | 2 Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance? |
3 אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהֹודִיעֵנִי | 3 Gird up your loins now, like a man; I will question you, and you tell me the answers! |
4 אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָה | 4 Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. |
5 מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אֹו מִי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּו | 5 Who determined its size; do you know? Who stretched out the measuring line for it? |
6 עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אֹו מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָהּ | 6 Into what were its pedestals sunk, and who laid the cornerstone, |
7 בְּרָן־יַחַד כֹּוכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים | 7 While the morning stars sang in chorus and all the sons of God shouted for joy? |
8 וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחֹו מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא | 8 And who shut within doors the sea, when it burst forth from the womb; |
9 בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשֹׁו וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֹו | 9 When I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling bands? |
10 וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָיִם | 10 When I set limits for it and fastened the bar of its door, |
11 וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבֹוא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאֹון גַּלֶּיךָ | 11 And said: Thus far shall you come but no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stilled! |
12 הְמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר [יִדַּעְתָּה כ] [שַׁחַר כ] (יִדַּעְתָּ ק) (הַשַּׁחַר ק) מְקֹמֹו | 12 Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morning and shown the dawn its place |
13 לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפֹות הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה | 13 For taking hold of the ends of the earth, till the wicked are shaken from its surface? |
14 תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חֹותָם וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמֹו לְבוּשׁ | 14 The earth is changed as is clay by the seal, and dyed as though it were a garment; |
15 וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אֹורָם וּזְרֹועַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר | 15 But from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered. |
16 הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהֹום הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ | 16 Have you entered into the sources of the sea, or walked about in the depths of the abyss? |
17 הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶה | 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you, or have you seen the gates of darkness? |
18 הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ | 18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell me, if you know all: |
19 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אֹור וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֹו | 19 Which is the way to the dwelling place of light, and where is the abode of darkness, |
20 כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלֹו וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבֹות בֵּיתֹו | 20 That you may take them to their boundaries and set them on their homeward paths? |
21 יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּים | 21 You know, because you were born before them, and the number of your years is great! |
22 הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרֹות שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרֹות בָּרָד תִּרְאֶה | 22 Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, and seen the treasury of the hail |
23 אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיֹום קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָה | 23 Which I have reserved for times of stress, for the days of war and of battle? |
24 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אֹור יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ | 24 Which way to the parting of the winds, whence the east wind spreads over the earth? |
25 מִי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֹות | 25 Who has laid out a channel for the downpour and for the thunderstorm a path |
26 לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בֹּו | 26 To bring rain to no man's land, the unpeopled wilderness; |
27 לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא | 27 To enrich the waste and desolate ground till the desert blooms with verdure? |
28 הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אֹו מִי־הֹולִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָל | 28 Has the rain a father; or who has begotten the drops of dew? |
29 מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר מַיִם מִי יְלָדֹו | 29 Out of whose womb comes the ice, and who gives the hoarfrost its birth in the skies, |
30 כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהֹום יִתְלַכָּדוּ | 30 When the waters lie covered as though with stone that holds captive the surface of the deep? |
31 הַתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנֹּות כִּימָה אֹו־מֹשְׁכֹות כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּחַ | 31 Have you fitted a curb to the Pleiades, or loosened the bonds of Orion? |
32 הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרֹות בְּעִתֹּו וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵם | 32 Can you bring forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or guide the Bear with its train? |
33 הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקֹּות שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרֹו בָאָרֶץ | 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens; can you put into effect their plan on the earth? |
34 הֲתָרִים לָעָב קֹולֶךָ וְשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּךָּ | 34 Can you raise your voice among the clouds, or veil yourself in the waters of the storm? |
35 הַתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּנוּ | 35 Can you send forth the lightnings on their way, or will they say to you, "Here we are"? |
36 מִישָׁ־ת בַּטֻּחֹות חָכְמָה אֹו מִי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָה | 36 Who puts wisdom in the heart, and gives the cock its understanding? |
37 מִי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי מַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב | 37 Who counts the clouds in his wisdom? Or who tilts the water jars of heaven |
38 בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּקוּ | 38 So that the dust of earth is fused into a mass and its clods made solid? |
39 הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּא | 39 Do you hunt the prey for the lioness or appease the hunger of her cubs, |
40 כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעֹונֹות יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמֹו־אָרֶב | 40 While they crouch in their dens, or lie in wait in the thicket? |
41 מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידֹו כִּי־ [יְלָדֹו כ] (יְלָדָיו ק) אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹכֶל | 41 Who provides nourishment for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God, and they rove abroad without food? |