Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
| וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
| הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃ |
3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
| כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
| אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
| הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
| אִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּ֑וֹ וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ |
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
| אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃ |
8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ |
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
| מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ |
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ |
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
| מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ |
12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
| שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃ |
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
| אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
| אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ |
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
| וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃ |
16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
| וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃ פ |
