1 Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

1 הֲיָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֭ת לֶ֣דֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָ֑לַע חֹלֵ֖ל אַיָּלֹ֣ות תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

2 When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?

2 תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

3 Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

3 תִּ֭כְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶ֣ן תְּפַלַּ֑חְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶ֥ם תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה׃

4 Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young?

4 יַחְלְמ֣וּ בְ֭נֵיהֶם יִרְבּ֣וּ בַבָּ֑ר יָ֝צְא֗וּ וְלֹא־שָׁ֥בוּ לָֽמֹו׃

5 Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

5 מִֽי־שִׁלַּ֣ח פֶּ֣רֶא חָפְשִׁ֑י וּמֹסְרֹ֥ות עָ֝רֹ֗וד מִ֣י פִתֵּֽחַ׃

6 They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵיתֹ֑ו וּֽמִשְׁכְּנֹותָ֥יו מְלֵֽחָה׃

7 Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

7 יִ֭שְׂחַק לַהֲמֹ֣ון קִרְיָ֑ה תְּשֻׁאֹ֥ות נֹ֝וגֵ֗שׂ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָֽע׃

8 Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

8 יְת֣וּר הָרִ֣ים מִרְעֵ֑הוּ וְאַחַ֖ר כָּל־יָרֹ֣וק יִדְרֹֽושׁ׃

9 To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

9 הֲיֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣ים³ עָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם־יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

10 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

10 הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹתֹ֑ו אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

11 He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

11 הֲֽתִבְטַח־בֹּ֖ו כִּי־רַ֣ב כֹּחֹ֑ו וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב אֵלָ֣יו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃

12 Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

12 הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין בֹּ֖ו כִּי־ יָשׁוּב יָשִׁ֣יב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

13 Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃

14 Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

14 כִּֽי־תַעֲזֹ֣ב לָאָ֣רֶץ בֵּצֶ֑יהָ וְֽעַל־עָפָ֥ר תְּחַמֵּֽם׃

15 Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

15 וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶ֣גֶל תְּזוּרֶ֑הָ וְחַיַּ֖ת הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָ׃

16 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

16 הִקְשִׁ֣יחַ בָּנֶ֣יהָ לְּלֹא־לָ֑הּ לְרִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣הּ בְּלִי־פָֽחַד׃

17 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

17 כִּֽי־הִשָּׁ֣הּ אֱלֹ֣והַּ חָכְמָ֑ה וְלֹא־חָ֥לַק לָ֝֗הּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃

18 Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

18 כָּ֭עֵת בַּמָּרֹ֣ום תַּמְרִ֑יא תִּֽשְׂחַ֥ק לַ֝סּ֗וּס וּלְרֹֽכְבֹֽו׃

19 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

19 הֲתִתֵּ֣ן לַסּ֣וּס גְּבוּרָ֑ה הֲתַלְבִּ֖ישׁ צַוָּארֹ֣ו רַעְמָֽה׃

20 For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

20 הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה הֹ֖וד נַחְרֹ֣ו אֵימָֽה׃

21 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

21 יַחְפְּר֣וּ בָ֭עֵמֶק וְיָשִׂ֣ישׂ בְּכֹ֑חַ יֵ֝צֵ֗א לִקְרַאת־נָֽשֶׁק׃

22 Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

22 יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭פַחַד וְלֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב׃

23 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

23 עָ֭לָיו תִּרְנֶ֣ה אַשְׁפָּ֑ה לַ֖הַב חֲנִ֣ית וְכִידֹֽון׃

24 He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

24 בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־קֹ֥ול שֹׁופָֽר׃

25 In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.

25 בְּדֵ֤י שֹׁפָ֨ר׀ יֹ֘אמַ֤ר הֶאָ֗ח וּֽ֭מֵרָחֹוק יָרִ֣יחַ מִלְחָמָ֑ה רַ֥עַם רִים³ וּתְרוּעָֽה׃

26 The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

26 הֲ‍ֽ֭מִבִּינָ֣תְךָ יַֽאֲבֶר־נֵ֑ץ יִפְרֹ֖שׂ כְּנָפֹו כְּנָפָ֣יו לְתֵימָֽן׃

27 Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

27 אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנֹּֽו׃

28 When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries.

28 סֶ֣לַע יִ֭שְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ן עַֽל־שֶׁן־סֶ֝֗לַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃

29 Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

29 מִשָּׁ֥ם חָֽפַר־אֹ֑כֶל לְ֝מֵרָחֹ֗וק עֵינָ֥יו יַבִּֽיטוּ׃

30 Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

30 וְאֶפְרֹחֹו וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו יְעַלְעוּ־דָ֑ם וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר חֲ֝לָלִ֗ים שָׁ֣ם הֽוּא׃

31 On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.

32 From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off.

33 His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

34 ...

35 Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

36 And Job said in answer to the Lord,

37 Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

38 I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.