1 וַיַּעַן־יְהוָה אֶת־אִיֹּוב [מִן כ] [הַסְּעָרָה כ] (מִן ׀ ק) (הַסְּעָרָה ק) וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind, and said : |
2 מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּלִי־דָעַת | 2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskillful words? |
3 אֱזָר־נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ וְאֶשְׁאָלְךָ וְהֹודִיעֵנִי | 3 Gird up thy loins like a man : I will ask thee, and answer thou me. |
4 אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָה | 4 Where wast thou when I laid up the foundations of the earth ? tell me if thou hast understanding. |
5 מִי־שָׂם מְמַדֶּיהָ כִּי תֵדָע אֹו מִי־נָטָה עָלֶיהָ קָּו | 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? |
6 עַל־מָה אֲדָנֶיהָ הָטְבָּעוּ אֹו מִי־יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָהּ | 6 Upon what are its bases grounded? or who laid the corner stone thereof, |
7 בְּרָן־יַחַד כֹּוכְבֵי בֹקֶר וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל־בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים | 7 When the morning stars praised me together, and all the sons of God made a joyful melody? |
8 וַיָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם בְּגִיחֹו מֵרֶחֶם יֵצֵא | 8 Who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as issuing out of the womb : |
9 בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבֻשֹׁו וַעֲרָפֶל חֲתֻלָּתֹו | 9 when I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands? |
10 וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי וָאָשִׂים בְּרִיחַ וּדְלָתָיִם | 10 I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors : |
11 וָאֹמַר עַד־פֹּה תָבֹוא וְלֹא תֹסִיף וּפֹא־יָשִׁית בִּגְאֹון גַּלֶּיךָ | 11 And I said : Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves. |
12 הְמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר [יִדַּעְתָּה כ] [שַׁחַר כ] (יִדַּעְתָּ ק) (הַשַּׁחַר ק) מְקֹמֹו | 12 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? |
13 לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפֹות הָאָרֶץ וְיִנָּעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּנָּה | 13 And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it? |
14 תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חֹותָם וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמֹו לְבוּשׁ | 14 The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment : |
15 וְיִמָּנַע מֵרְשָׁעִים אֹורָם וּזְרֹועַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר | 15 From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken. |
16 הֲבָאתָ עַד־נִבְכֵי־יָם וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהֹום הִתְהַלָּכְתָּ | 16 Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep? |
17 הֲנִגְלוּ לְךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־מָוֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת תִּרְאֶה | 17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? |
18 הִתְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ | 18 Hast thou considered the breadth of the earth? tell me, if thou knowest all things? |
19 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־אֹור וְחֹשֶׁךְ אֵי־זֶה מְקֹמֹו | 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth, and where is the place of darkness : |
20 כִּי תִקָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּלֹו וְכִי־תָבִין נְתִיבֹות בֵּיתֹו | 20 That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof. |
21 יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־אָז תִּוָּלֵד וּמִסְפַּר יָמֶיךָ רַבִּים | 21 Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born ? and didst thou know the number of thy days? |
22 הֲבָאתָ אֶל־אֹצְרֹות שָׁלֶג וְאֹצְרֹות בָּרָד תִּרְאֶה | 22 Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or has thou beheld the treasures of the hail : |
23 אֲשֶׁר־חָשַׂכְתִּי לְעֶת־צָר לְיֹום קְרָב וּמִלְחָמָה | 23 Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war? |
24 אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶךְ יֵחָלֶק אֹור יָפֵץ קָדִים עֲלֵי־אָרֶץ | 24 By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth? |
25 מִי־פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֹות | 25 Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder : |
26 לְהַמְטִיר עַל־אֶרֶץ לֹא־אִישׁ מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בֹּו | 26 That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth : |
27 לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ שֹׁאָה וּמְשֹׁאָה וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא | 27 That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass? |
28 הֲיֵשׁ־לַמָּטָר אָב אֹו מִי־הֹולִיד אֶגְלֵי־טָל | 28 Who is the father of rain ? or who begot the drops of dew? |
29 מִבֶּטֶן מִי יָצָא הַקָּרַח וּכְפֹר מַיִם מִי יְלָדֹו | 29 Out of whose womb came the ice; and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it? |
30 כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ וּפְנֵי תְהֹום יִתְלַכָּדוּ | 30 The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed. |
31 הַתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנֹּות כִּימָה אֹו־מֹשְׁכֹות כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּחַ | 31 Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus? |
32 הֲתֹצִיא מַזָּרֹות בְּעִתֹּו וְעַיִשׁ עַל־בָּנֶיהָ תַנְחֵם | 32 Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth? |
33 הֲיָדַעְתָּ חֻקֹּות שָׁמָיִם אִם־תָּשִׂים מִשְׁטָרֹו בָאָרֶץ | 33 Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth? |
34 הֲתָרִים לָעָב קֹולֶךָ וְשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּךָּ | 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee? |
35 הַתְשַׁלַּח בְּרָקִים וְיֵלֵכוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ הִנֵּנוּ | 35 Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee : Here we are? |
36 מִישָׁ־ת בַּטֻּחֹות חָכְמָה אֹו מִי־נָתַן לַשֶּׂכְוִי בִינָה | 36 Who hath put wisdom in the heart of man? or who gave the cock understanding? |
37 מִי־יְסַפֵּר שְׁחָקִים בְּחָכְמָה וְנִבְלֵי מַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב | 37 Who can declare the order of the heavens, or who can make the harmony of heaven to sleep? |
38 בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר לַמּוּצָק וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּקוּ | 38 When was the dust poured on the earth, and the clods fastened together? |
39 הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּא | 39 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, |
40 כִּי־יָשֹׁחוּ בַמְּעֹונֹות יֵשְׁבוּ בַסֻּכָּה לְמֹו־אָרֶב | 40 When they couch in the dens and lie in wait in holes? |
41 מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידֹו כִּי־ [יְלָדֹו כ] (יְלָדָיו ק) אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹכֶל | 41 Who provideth food for the raven, when her young ones cry to God, wandering about, because they have no meat? |