Job 2614 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.26:1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then Job answered and said:26:2מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ הוֹשַׁעְתָּ זְרוֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!26:3מַה־יָּעַצְתָּ לְלֹא חָכְמָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה לָרֹב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!26:4אֶת־מִי הִגַּדְתָּ מִלִּין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?26:5הָרְפָאִים יְחוֹלָלוּ מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.26:6עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ וְאֵין כְּסוּת לָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃The nether-world is naked before Him, and Destruction hath no covering.26:7נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.26:8צֹרֵֽר־מַיִם בְּעָבָיו וְלֹא־נִבְקַע עָנָן תַּחְתָּֽם׃He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.26:9מְאַחֵז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּה פַּרְשֵׁז עָלָיו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.26:10חֹֽק־חָג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם עַד־תַּכְלִית אוֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.26:11עַמּוּדֵי שָׁמַיִם יְרוֹפָפוּ וְיִתְמְהוּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.26:12בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם וּבִתְבוּנָתוֹ מָחַץ רָֽהַב׃He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.26:13בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדוֹ נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃By His breath the heavens are serene; His hand hath pierced the slant serpent.26:14הֶן־אֵלֶּה ׀ קְצוֹת דְּרָכָיו וּמַה־שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע־בּוֹ וְרַעַם גְּבוּרוֹתָיומִי יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃סLo, these are but the outskirts of His ways; and how small a whisper is heard of Him! But the thunder of His mighty deeds who can understand?← previousJob 25next →Job 27↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/26/