Job 40 — TOJB

40Verse 1Moreover Hashem answered Iyov, and said,^{Verse 2}Shall he that contendeth with Shaddai correct him?
The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker of G-d), let him answer it.^{Verse 3}Then Iyov answered Hashem, and said,
^{Verse 4}See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee?
I will lay mine yad upon my mouth.
^{Verse 5}Once have I spoken, but I will not answer;
yea, shtayim (twice), but I will proceed no further.^{Verse 6}Then answered Hashem unto Iyov out of the whirlwind, and said,
^{Verse 7}Gird up thy loins now like a gever.
I will question thee, and thou shall answer Me.
^{Verse 8}Wilt thou also annul My mishpat (justice)?
Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?
^{Verse 9}Hast thou a zero'a like El?
Or canst thou thunder with a kol (voice) like Him?
^{Verse 10}Adorn thyself now with majesty and excellency;
and array thyself with hod (glory) and hadar (splendor).
^{Verse 11}Unleash thy evrot af (furious wrath);
and behold every one that is proud, and bring him low.
^{Verse 12}Look on every one that is proud, and humble him,
and tread down the resha'im in their place.
^{Verse 13}Bury them in the aphar together;
shroud their faces in the crypt.
^{Verse 14}Then odecha (will I confess, admit unto thee)
that thine own right hand can save thee.^{Verse 15}Hinei now behemot (hippopotamus), which I made along with thee;
he eateth grass like an ox.
^{Verse 16}Hinei now, his koach is in his loins,
and his force is in the sinews of his beten (belly).
^{Verse 17}He moveth his zanav (tail) like a cedar branch;
the sinews of his thighs are firmly interwoven.
^{Verse 18}His atzmot are like tubes of nechoshet;
his limbs are like rods of barzel (iron).
^{Verse 19}He is the reshit (firstling) of the ways of El;
He, his Maker, can approach it with His cherev.
^{Verse 20}Surely the harim bring forth food for him,
where all the wild beasts play.
^{Verse 21}He lieth under the shade of lotus plants,
beseter (in the covert) of the reed and marsh.
^{Verse 22}The lotus plants cover him with their shadow;
the willows by the nakhal (brook, stream) surround him.
^{Verse 23}See, when the nahar (river) rages, he is not alarmed;
he is confident, though Yarden breaketh forth upon his mouth.
^{Verse 24}While he is looking can one capture him?
With mokeshim (hooks) can one pierce his nose?^{Verse 25}Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a khakah (fishhook)?
Or tie down his leshon with a cord?
^{Verse 26}Canst thou put a hook into his af (nose)?
Or bore his jaw through with a barb?
^{Verse 27}Will he make many tachanunim unto thee?
Will he speak soft words unto thee?
^{Verse 28}Will he make a brit (covenant) with thee?
Wilt thou take him for an eved olam?
^{Verse 29}Wilt thou play with him as with a pet bird?
Or wilt thou leash him for thy na'arot (maidens)?
^{Verse 30}Shall traders barter for him?
Shall they divide him among the Kena'anim (Canaanites, merchants)?
^{Verse 31}Canst thou fill his ohr (skin) with harpoons?
Or his head with fishing spears?
^{Verse 32}Lay thine hand upon him; remember the milchamah.
Thou wilt not do it more.