Job 11
1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
| הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ |
3 Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?
| בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃ |
4 For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
| וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ |
5 But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee!
| וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
6 Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.
| וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ |
7 Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
| הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
8 Heaven [is] high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? (Sheol h7585)
| גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ (Sheol h7585) |
9 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
| אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃ |
10 And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?
| אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
11 For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
| כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ |
12 But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
| וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃ |
13 For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up [thine] hands towards him;
| אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ |
14 if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.
| אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
15 For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.
| כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ |
16 And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.
| כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ |
17 And thy prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee [as] from the noonday.
| וּֽמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ |
18 And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care.
| וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
19 For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.
| וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ |
20 But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
| וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
