Job 6
1 Then Job answered and said:
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
| לו--שקול ישקל כעשי והיתי (והותי) במאזנים ישאו-יחד |
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
| כי-עתה--מחול ימים יכבד על-כן דברי לעו |
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
| כי חצי שדי עמדי--אשר חמתם שתה רוחי בעותי אלוה יערכוני |
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
| הינהק-פרא עלי-דשא אם יגעה-שור על-בלילו |
6 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
| היאכל תפל מבלי-מלח אם-יש-טעם בריר חלמות |
7 My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
| מאנה לנגוע נפשי המה כדוי לחמי |
8 Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
| מי-יתן תבוא שאלתי ותקותי יתן אלוה |
9 Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
| ויאל אלוה וידכאני יתר ידו ויבצעני |
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
| ותהי-עוד נחמתי-- ואסלדה בחילה לא יחמול כי-לא כחדתי אמרי קדוש |
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
| מה-כחי כי-איחל ומה-קצי כי-אאריך נפשי |
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
| אם-כח אבנים כחי אם-בשרי נחוש |
13 Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
| האם אין עזרתי בי ותשיה נדחה ממני |
14 To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
| למס מרעהו חסד ויראת שדי יעזוב |
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
| אחי בגדו כמו-נחל כאפיק נחלים יעברו |
16 Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
| הקדרים מני-קרח עלימו יתעלם-שלג |
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
| בעת יזרבו נצמתו בחמו נדעכו ממקומם |
18 The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
| ילפתו ארחות דרכם יעלו בתהו ויאבדו |
19 The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
| הביטו ארחות תמא הליכת שבא קוו-למו |
20 They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
| בשו כי-בטח באו עדיה ויחפרו |
21 For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
| כי-עתה הייתם לא תראו חתת ותיראו |
22 Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
| הכי-אמרתי הבו לי ומכחכם שחדו בעדי |
23 or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
| ומלטוני מיד-צר ומיד עריצים תפדוני |
24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
| הורוני ואני אחריש ומה-שגיתי הבינו לי |
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
| מה-נמרצו אמרי-ישר ומה-יוכיח הוכח מכם |
26 Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
| הלהוכח מלים תחשבו ולרוח אמרי נואש |
27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
| אף-על-יתום תפילו ותכרו על-ריעכם |
28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
| ועתה הואילו פנו-בי ועל-פניכם אם-אכזב |
29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
| שובו-נא אל-תהי עולה ושבי (ושבו) עוד צדקי-בה |
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
| היש-בלשוני עולה אם-חכי לא-יבין הוות |
