Job 11
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
| הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃ |
3 Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
| בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃ |
4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
| וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ |
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
| וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!
| וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃ |
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
| הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃ |
8 [It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
| גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ (Sheol h7585) |
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
| אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃ |
10 If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?
| אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ |
11 For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;
| כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ |
12 Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.
| וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃ |
13 If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
| אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃ |
14 If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;
| אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃ |
15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:
| כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃ |
16 For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;
| כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃ |
17 And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,
| וּֽמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃ |
18 And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.
| וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
19 Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.
| וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃ |
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
| וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
