1 And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

1 וַיַּ֖עַן יְהוָ֥ה אֶת־אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2 Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

2 הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסֹּ֑ור מֹוכִ֖יחַ אֱלֹ֣והַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃

3 And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

3 וַיַּ֖עַן אִיֹּ֥וב אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

4 Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

4 הֵ֣ן קַ֭לֹּתִי מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּ יָ֝דִ֗י שַׂ֣מְתִּי לְמֹו־פִֽי׃

5 Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.

5 אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אֹוסִֽיף׃

6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

6 וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יֹּוב מִן^m סְעָרָה מִ֥ן׀ סְעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

7 Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

7 אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהֹודִיעֵֽנִי׃

8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

8 הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

9 And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

9 וְאִם־זְרֹ֖ועַ כָּאֵ֥ל׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְקֹ֗ול כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃

10 Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

10 עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽאֹ֣ון¹ וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְהֹ֖וד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

11 Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

11 הָ֭פֵץ עֶבְרֹ֣ות אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּרְאֵ֥ה כָל־גֵּ֝אֶ֗ה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃

12 See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

12 רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

13 Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.

13 טָמְנֵ֣ם בֶּעָפָ֣ר יָ֑חַד פְּ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם חֲבֹ֣שׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃

14 And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

14 וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אֹודֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תֹושִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

15 Lo, I pray thee, Behemoth, that I made with thee: Grass as an ox he eateth.

15 הִנֵּה־נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמֹות אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל׃

16 Lo, I pray thee, his power `is' in his loins, And his strength in the muscles of his belly.

16 הִנֵּה־נָ֣א כֹחֹ֣ו בְמָתְנָ֑יו וְ֝אֹנֹ֗ו בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י בִטְנֹֽו׃

17 He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,

17 יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָבֹ֣ו כְמֹו־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדֹו פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

18 His bones `are' tubes of brass, His bones `are' as a bar of iron.

18 עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃

19 He `is' a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;

19 ה֖וּא רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכֵי־אֵ֑ל הָ֝עֹשֹׂו³ יַגֵּ֥שׁ חַרְבֹּֽו׃

20 For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

20 כִּֽי־ב֭וּל³ הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־לֹ֑ו וְֽכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃

21 Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

21 תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים³ יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃

22 Cover him do shades, `with' their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

22 יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲלֹ֑ו יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃

23 Lo, a flood oppresseth -- he doth not haste, He is confident though Jordan Doth come forth unto his mouth.

23 הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפֹּ֑וז יִבְטַ֓ח׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

24 Before his eyes doth `one' take him, With snares doth `one' pierce the nose?

24 בְּעֵינָ֥יו יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ בְּ֝מֹֽוקְשִׁ֗ים יִנְקָב־אָֽף׃