New American Standard Bible 1995

Hebrew Study Bible

1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

1וַיַּֽעַן־ יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־ אִ֭יּוֹב [מנ‪‬] [הסערה] (מִ֥ן ׀) (הַסְּעָרָ֗ה) וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?

2מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין בְּֽלִי־ דָֽעַת׃

3"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

3אֱזָר־ נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,

4אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־ אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃

5Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?

5מִי־ שָׂ֣ם מְ֭מַדֶּיהָ כִּ֣י תֵדָ֑ע א֤וֹ מִֽי־ נָטָ֖ה עָלֶ֣יהָ קָּֽו׃

6"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

6עַל־ מָ֭ה אֲדָנֶ֣יהָ הָטְבָּ֑עוּ א֥וֹ מִֽי־ יָ֝רָ֗ה אֶ֣בֶן פִּנָּתָֽהּ׃

7When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

7בְּרָן־ יַ֭חַד כּ֣וֹכְבֵי בֹ֑קֶר וַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּ כָּל־ בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

8"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

8וַיָּ֣סֶךְ בִּדְלָתַ֣יִם יָ֑ם בְּ֝גִיח֗וֹ מֵרֶ֥חֶם יֵצֵֽא׃

9When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

9בְּשׂוּמִ֣י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑וֹ וַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃

10And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,

10וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣יו חֻקִּ֑י וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּדְלָתָֽיִם׃

11And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop '?

11וָאֹמַ֗ר עַד־ פֹּ֣ה תָ֭בוֹא וְלֹ֣א תֹסִ֑יף וּפֹ֥א־ יָ֝שִׁ֗ית בִּגְא֥וֹן גַּלֶּֽיךָ׃

12"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,

12הְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָ‪‬ צִוִּ֣יתָ בֹּ֑קֶר [ידעתה] [שחר] (יִדַּ֖עְתָּה‪‬) (הַשַּׁ֣חַר) מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

13לֶ֭אֱחֹז בְּכַנְפ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּ רְשָׁעִ֣‪‬ים מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

14"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.

14תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹ֣מֶר חוֹתָ֑ם וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ כְּמ֣וֹ לְבֽוּשׁ׃

15"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.

15וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁעִ֣‪‬ים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃

16"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

16הֲ֭בָאתָ עַד־ נִבְכֵי־ יָ֑ם וּבְחֵ֥קֶר תְּ֝ה֗וֹם הִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃

17"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

17הֲנִגְל֣וּ לְ֭ךָ שַׁעֲרֵי־ מָ֑וֶת וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י צַלְמָ֣וֶת תִּרְאֶֽה׃

18"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.

18הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־ רַחֲבֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־ יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

19"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,

19אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יִשְׁכָּן־ א֑וֹר וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ אֵי־ זֶ֥ה מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

20That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?

20כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶנּוּ אֶל־ גְּבוּל֑וֹ וְכִֽי־ תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

21"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

21יָ֭דַעְתָּ כִּי־ אָ֣ז תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וּמִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃

22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

22הֲ֭בָאתָ אֶל־ אֹצְר֣וֹת שָׁ֑לֶג וְאֹצְר֖וֹת בָּרָ֣ד תִּרְאֶֽה׃

23Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?

23אֲשֶׁר־ חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְעֶת־ צָ֑ר לְי֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃

24"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

24אֵי־ זֶ֣ה הַ֭דֶּרֶךְ יֵחָ֣לֶק א֑וֹר יָפֵ֖ץ קָדִ֣ים עֲלֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃

25"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,

25מִֽי־ פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

26To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,

26לְ֭הַמְטִיר עַל־ אֶ֣רֶץ לֹא־ אִ֑ישׁ מִ֝דְבָּ֗ר לֹא־ אָדָ֥ם בּֽוֹ׃

27To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

27לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָה וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

28"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

28הֲיֵשׁ־ לַמָּטָ֥ר אָ֑ב א֥וֹ מִי־ ה֝וֹלִ֗יד אֶגְלֵי־ טָֽל׃

29"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

29מִבֶּ֣טֶן מִ֭י יָצָ֣א הַקָּ֑רַח וּכְפֹ֥ר שָׁ֝מַיִם מִ֣י יְלָדֽוֹ׃

30"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

30כָּ֭אֶבֶן מַ֣יִם יִתְחַבָּ֑אוּ וּפְנֵ֥י תְ֝ה֗וֹם יִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃

31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?

31הַֽ֭תְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃

32"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?

32הֲתֹצִ֣יא מַזָּר֣וֹת בְּעִתּ֑וֹ וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ עַל־ בָּנֶ֥יהָ תַנְחֵֽם׃

33"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?

33הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־ תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃

34"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?

34הֲתָרִ֣ים לָעָ֣ב קוֹלֶ֑ךָ וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

35"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?

35הַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣ח בְּרָקִ֣ים וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ לְךָ֣ הִנֵּֽנוּ׃

36"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind?

36מִי־ שָׁ֭ת בַּטֻּח֣וֹת חָכְמָ֑ה א֤וֹ מִֽי־ נָתַ֖ן לַשֶּׂ֣כְוִי בִינָֽה׃

37"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

37מִֽי־ יְסַפֵּ֣ר שְׁחָקִ֣ים בְּחָכְמָ֑ה וְנִבְלֵ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם מִ֣י יַשְׁכִּֽיב׃

38When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?

38בְּצֶ֣קֶת עָ֭פָר לַמּוּצָ֑ק וּרְגָבִ֥ים יְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃

39"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

39הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃

40When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?

40כִּי־ יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־ אָֽרֶב׃

41"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

41מִ֤י יָכִ֥ין לָעֹרֵ֗ב צֵ֫יד֥וֹ כִּֽי־ [ילדו] (יְ֭לָדָיו) אֶל־ אֵ֣ל יְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּ יִ֝תְע֗וּ לִבְלִי־ אֹֽכֶל׃

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