Job 24 אִיּוֹב

¹מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים וידעו [וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו] לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃

maddua mishadday lo-nitzpenu ittim veyod'av lo-chazu yamav

1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?

²גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

gevulot yassigu eder gazlu vayyir'u

2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

³חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃

chamor yetomim yinhagu yachbelu shor almana

3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

⁴יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

yattu evyonim middarekh yachad chubbeu aniyye-aretz

4They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the earth hide themselves together.

⁵הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים ׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃

hen pera'im bammidbar yatzu befa'olam meshachare lattaref arava lo lechem lanne'arim

5Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The desert yieldeth them bread for their children.

⁶בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ יקצירו [יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ] וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃

bassade belilo yiktzoru vekherem rasha' yelakkeshu

6They cut his provender in the field; And they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.

⁷עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃

arom yalinu mibbeli levush ve'en kesut bakkara

7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

⁸מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃

mizzerem harim yirtavu umibbeli machse chibbeku-tzur

8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

⁹יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃

yigzelu mishod yatom ve'al-ani yachbolu

9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

¹⁰עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃

arom hillekhu beli levush ure'evim nasu omer

10So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves;

¹¹בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם יַצְהִ֑ירוּ יְקָבִ֥ים דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃

ben-shurotam yatzhiru yekavim darkhu vayyitzmau

11They make oil within the rows of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

¹²מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃

me'ir metim yin'aku venefesh-chalalim teshavvea ve'eloah lo-yasim tifla

12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out; Yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.

¹³הֵ֤מָּה ׀ הָיוּ֮ בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־א֥וֹר לֹֽא־הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃

hemma hayu bemorde-or lo-hikkiru derakhav velo yashvu bintivotav

13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¹⁴לָא֡וֹר יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י כַגַּנָּֽב׃

laor yakum rotzeach yiktal-ani ve'evyon uvallayla yehi khaggannav

14The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

¹⁵וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים׃

ve'en no'ef shamra neshef lemor lo-teshureni ayin veseter panim yasim

15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying: ‘No eye shall see me’; And he putteth a covering on his face. .

¹⁶חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃

chatar bachoshekh battim yomam chittemu-lamo lo-yad'u or

16In the dark they dig through houses; They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

¹⁷כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

ki yachdav boker lamo tzalmavet ki-yakkir balhot tzalmavet

17For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁸קַֽל־ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃

kal-hu al-pene-mayim tekullal chelkatam ba'aretz lo-yifne derekh keramim

18He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

¹⁹צִיָּ֤ה גַם־חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃

tziyya gam-chom yigzelu meme-sheleg sheol chatau

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; So doth the nether-world those that have sinned.

²⁰יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּעֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה׃

yishkachehu rechem metako rimma od lo-yizzakher vattishaver ka'etz avla

20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness is broken as a tree.

²¹רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב׃

ro'e akara lo teled ve'almana lo yeyetiv

21He devoureth the barren that beareth not; And doeth not good to the widow.

²²וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ אַבִּירִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ יָ֝ק֗וּם וְֽלֹא־יַאֲמִ֥ין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃

umashakh abbirim bekhocho yakum velo-ya'amin bachayyin

22He draweth away the mighty also by his power; He riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.

²³יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ לָ֭בֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃

yitten-lo lavetach veyisha'en ve'enehu al-darkhehem

23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, Yet His eyes are upon their ways.

²⁴ר֤וֹמּוּ מְּעַ֨ט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ כַּכֹּ֥ל יִקָּפְצ֑וּן וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃

rommu me'at ve'enennu vehummekhu kakkol yikkaftzun ukherosh shibbolet yimmalu

24They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, And wither as the tops of the ears of corn.

²⁵וְאִם־לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽי׃

ve'im-lo efo mi yakhziveni veyasem le'al millati

25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?