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| [1]הידעת־עת לדת יעלי־סלע חלל אילות תשמר |
[1]Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? Or fill the appetite of the lion's whelps, |
| [2]תספר ירחים תמלאנה וידעת עת לדתנה |
[2]When they couch in their places , and remain in the covert to lie in wait? |
| [3]תכרענה ילדיהן תפלחנה חבליהם תשלחנה |
[3]Who prepareth for the raven his meat, when his birds cry unto God, wandering for lack of meat? |
| [4]יחלמו בניהם ירבו בבר יצאו ולא־שבו למו |
[4]Knowest thou the time when the wild goats bring forth young? Or dost thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
| [5]מי־שלח פרא חפשי ומסרות ערוד מי פתח |
[5]Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
| [6]אשר־שמתי ערבה ביתו ומשכנותיו מלחה |
[6]They bow themselves: they bruise their young and cast out their sorrows. |
| [7]ישחק להמון קריה תשאות נגש לא ישמע |
[7]Yet their young wax fat, and grow up with corn: they go forth and return not unto them. |
| [8]יתור הרים מרעהו ואחר כל־ירוק ידרוש |
[8]Who hath set the wild ass at liberty? Or who hath loosed the bones of the wild ass? |
| [9]היאבה רים עבדך אם־ילין על־אבוסך |
[9]It is I which have made the wilderness his house, and the salt places his dwellings. |
| [10]התקשר־רים בתלם עבתו אם־ישדד עמקים אחריך |
[10]He derideth the multitude of the city: he heareth not the cry of the driver. |
| [11]התבטח־בו כי־רב כחו ותעזב אליו יגיעך |
[11]He seeketh out the mountain for his pasture, and searcheth after every green thing. |
| [12]התאמין בו כי־ישוב [Q: ישיב] זרעך וגרנך יאסף |
[12]Will the unicorn serve thee? Or will he tarry by thy crib? |
| [13]כנף־רננים נעלסה אם־אברה חסידה ונצה |
[13]Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band to labor in the furrow? Or will he plow the valleys after thee? |
| [14]כי־תעזב לארץ בציה ועל־עפר תחמם |
[14]Wilt thou trust in him, because his strength is great, and cast off thy labor unto him? |
| [15]ותשכח כי־רגל תזורה וחית השדה תדושה |
[15]Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it unto thy barn? |
| [16]הקשיח בניה ללא־לה לריק יגיעה בלי־פחד |
[16]Hast thou given the pleasant wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? |
| [17]כי־השה אלוה חכמה ולא־חלק לה בבינה |
[17]Which leaveth his eggs in the earth and maketh them hot in the dust, |
| [18]כעת במרום תמריא תשחק לסוס ולרכבו |
[18]And forgetteth that the foot might scatter them, or that the wild beast might break them. |
| [19]התתן לסוס גבורה התלביש צוארו רעמה |
[19]He showeth himself cruel unto his young ones, as they were not his, and is without fear, as if he travailed in vain. |
| [20]התרעישנו כארבה הוד נחרו אימה |
[20]For God had deprived him of wisdom, and hath given him no part of understanding. |
| [21]יחפרו בעמק וישיש בכח יצא לקראת־נשק |
[21]When time is, he mounteth on high: he mocketh the horse and his rider. |
| [22]ישחק לפחד ולא יחת ולא־ישוב מפני־חרב |
[22]Hast thou given the horse strength? Or covered his neck with neighing? |
| [23]עליו תרנה אשפה להב חנית וכידון |
[23]Hast thou made him afraid as the grasshopper? His strong neighing is fearful. |
| [24]ברעש ורגז יגמא־ארץ ולא־יאמין כי־קול שופר |
[24]He diggeth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the harnessed man. |
| [25]בדי שפר יאמר האח ומרחוק יריח מלחמה רעם שרים ותרועה |
[25]He mocketh at fear, and is not afraid, and turneth not back from the sword, |
| [26]המבינתך יאבר־נץ יפרש כנפו לתימן |
[26]Though the quiver rattle against him, the glittering spear and the shield. |
| [27]אם־על־פיך יגביה נשר וכי ירים קנו |
[27]He swalloweth the ground for fierceness and rage, and he believeth not that it is the noise of the trumpet. |
| [28]סלע ישכן ויתלנן על שן־סלע ומצודה |
[28]He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: he smelleth the battle afar off, and the noise of the captains, and the shouting. |
| [29]משם חפר־אכל למרחוק עיניו יביטו |
[29]Shall the hawk fly by thy wisdom, stretching out his wings toward the south? |
| [30]ואפרחו יעלעו־דם ובאשר חללים שם הוא |
[30]Doth the eagle mount up at thy commandment, or make his nest on high? |
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[31]She abideth and remaineth in the rock, even upon the top of the rock, and the tower. |
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[32]From thence she spieth for meat , and her eyes behold afar off. |
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[33]His young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. |
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[34]Moreover the Lord spake unto Job, and said, |
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[35]Is this to learn to strive with the Almighty? He that reproveth God, let him answer to it. |
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[36]Then Job answered the Lord, saying, |
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[37]Behold, I am vile: what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. |
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[38]Once have I spoken, but I will answer no more, yea twice, but I will proceed no further. |