Job 15 אִיּוֹב

¹וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vayya'an elifaz hattemani vayyomar

1Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

²הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃

hechakham ya'ane da'at-ruach vimalle kadim bitno

2Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, And fill his belly with the east wind?

³הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם׃

hokheach bedavar lo yiskon umillim lo-yo'il bam

3Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

⁴אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃

af-atta tafer yir'a vetigra' sicha lifne-el

4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And impairest devotion before God.

⁵כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃

ki ye'allef avonkha fikha vetivchar leshon arumim

5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

⁶יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃

yarshi'akha fikha velo-ani usefatekha ya'anu-vakh

6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

⁷הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃

hariyshon adam tivvaled velifne geva'ot cholalta

7Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

⁸הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃

havsod eloah tishma' vetigra' elekha chakhma

8Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

⁹מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃

ma-yada'ta velo neda' tavin velo-immanu hu

9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

¹⁰גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃

gam-sav gam-yashish banu kabbir me'avikha yamim

10With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, Much older than thy father.

¹¹הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

ham'at mimmekha tanchumot el vedavar la'at immakh

11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, And the word that dealeth gently with thee?

¹²מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

ma-yikkachakha libbekha uma-yirzemun enekha

12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?

¹³כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃

ki-tashiv el-el ruchekha vehotzeta mippikha millin

13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, And lettest such words go out of thy mouth.

¹⁴מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

ma-enosh ki-yizke vekhi-yitzdak yelud isha

14What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

¹⁵הֵ֣ן בקדשו [בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו] לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃

hen bikdoshav lo ya'amin veshamayim lo-zakku ve'enav

15Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

¹⁶אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃

af ki-nit'av vene'elach ish-shote khammayim avla

16How much less one that is abominable and impure, Man who drinketh iniquity like water! .

¹⁷אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃

achavkha shema'-li veze-chaziti va'asappera

17I will tell thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare—

¹⁸אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃

asher-chakhamim yaggidu velo khichadu me'avotam

18Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

¹⁹לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

lahem levaddam nittena ha'aretz velo-avar zar betokham

19Unto whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them.

²⁰כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃

kal-yeme rasha' hu mitcholel umispar shanim nitzpenu le'aritz

20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

²¹קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

kol-pechadim be'aznav bashalom shoded yevo'ennu

21A sound of terrors is in his ears: In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

²²לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וצפו [וְצָפ֖וּי] ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃

lo-ya'amin shuv minni-choshekh vetzafuy hu ele-charev

22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

²³נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

noded hu lallechem ayye yada' ki-nakhon beyado yom-choshekh

23He wandereth abroad for bread: ‘Where is it?’ He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

²⁴יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

yeva'atuhu tzar umetzuka titkefehu kemelekh atid lakkidor

24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

²⁵כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃

ki-nata el-el yado ve'el-shadday yitgabbar

25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

²⁶יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃

yarutz elav betzavvar ba'avi gabbe maginnav

26He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers.

²⁷כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃

ki-khissa fanav bechelbo vayya'as pima ale-khasel

27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And made collops of fat on his loins;

²⁸וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

vayyishkon arim nikhchadot battim lo-yeshvu lamo asher hit'attedu legallim

28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man would inhabit, Which were ready to become heaps.

²⁹לֹֽא־יֶ֭עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵיל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃

lo-ye'shar velo-yakum chelo velo-yitte la'aretz minlam

29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their produce bend to the earth.

³⁰לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃

lo-yasur minni-choshekh yonakto teyabbesh shalhavet veyasur beruach piv

30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

³¹אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בשו [בַּשָּׁ֣יו] נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃

al-ya'amen bashav nit'a ki-shav tihye temurato

31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

³²בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃

belo-yomo timmale vekhippato lo ra'anana

32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be leafy.

³³יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְר֑וֹ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃

yachmos kaggefen bisro veyashlekh kazzayit nitzato

33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive.

³⁴כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃

ki-adat chanef galmud ve'esh akhla ahole-shochad

34For the company of the godless shall be desolate, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

³⁵הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃

haro amal veyalod aven uvitnam takhin mirma

35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their belly prepareth deceit.