¹ויען איוב ויאמר׃

¹Then Job answered,

²מה עזרת ללא כח הושעת זרוע לא עז׃

²“How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!

³מה יעצת ללא חכמה ותושיה לרב הודעת׃

³How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

⁴את מי הגדת מלין ונשמת מי יצאה ממך׃

⁴To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

⁵הרפאים יחוללו מתחת מים ושכניהם׃

⁵“Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

⁶ערום שאול נגדו ואין כסות לאבדון׃

⁶ Sheol Sheol is the lower world or the grave. is naked before God, and Abaddon Abaddon means Destroyer. has no covering.

⁷נטה צפון על תהו תלה ארץ על בלי מה׃

⁷He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.

⁸צרר מים בעביו ולא נבקע ענן תחתם׃

⁸He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

⁹מאחז פני כסה פרשז עליו עננו׃

⁹He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.

¹⁰חק חג על פני מים עד תכלית אור עם חשך׃

¹⁰He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.

¹¹עמודי שמים ירופפו ויתמהו מגערתו׃

¹¹The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

¹²בכחו רגע הים ובתובנתו מחץ רהב׃

¹²He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.

¹³ברוחו שמים שפרה חללה ידו נחש בריח׃

¹³By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

¹⁴הן אלה קצות דרכו ומה שמץ דבר נשמע בו ורעם גבורתו מי יתבונן׃

¹⁴Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?”