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 you?
| בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ 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 you, and open his lips to you!
| וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
6 Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.
| וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת חׇכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַּ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ |
7 Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
| הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַּ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
8 Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)
| גׇּבְהֵי 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 have you 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 you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
| אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
14 if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
| אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
15 For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
| כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ |
16 And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
| כִּֽי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ |
17 And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
| וּֽמִצׇּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ |
18 And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
| וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּֽי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
19 For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.
| 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 מַֽפַּֽח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
