1 Then Job made answer and said,

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!

2 מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ הֹ֝ושַׁ֗עְתָּ זְרֹ֣ועַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃

3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!

3 מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הֹודָֽעְתָּ׃

4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

4 אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.

5 הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחֹולָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃

6 The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

6 עָרֹ֣ום שְׁאֹ֣ול נֶגְדֹּ֑ו וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָֽאֲבַדֹּֽון׃

7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

7 נֹטֶ֣ה צָפֹ֣ון עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

8 צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.

9 מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֹֽו׃

10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

10 חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית אֹ֣ור עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

11 עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרֹופָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֹֽו׃

12 By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.

12 בְּ֭כֹחֹו רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּבִתוּבְנָתֹו וּ֝בִתְבוּנָתֹ֗ו מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃

13 By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.

13 בְּ֭רוּחֹו שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹֽלֲלָ֥ה³ יָ֝דֹ֗ו נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃

14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

14 הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה׀ קְצֹ֬ות דַּרְכֹּו דְּרָכָ֗יו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בֹּ֑ו וְרַ֥עַם גְּבוּרָתֹו גְּ֝בוּרֹותָ֗יו³ מִ֣י יִתְבֹּונָֽן׃