Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| ויען אליפז התמני ויאמר |
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
| הלאל יסכן-גבר-- כי-יסכן עלימו משכיל |
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect?
| החפץ לשדי כי תצדק ואם-בצע כי-תתם דרכיך |
4 Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment?
| המיראתך יכיחך יבוא עמך במשפט |
5 Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite?
| הלא רעתך רבה ואין-קץ לעונתיך |
6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| כי-תחבל אחיך חנם ובגדי ערומים תפשיט |
7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
| לא-מים עיף תשקה ומרעב תמנע-לחם |
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it.
| ואיש זרוע לו הארץ ונשוא פנים ישב בה |
9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| אלמנות שלחת ריקם וזרעות יתמים ידכא |
10 Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you;
| על-כן סביבותיך פחים ויבהלך פחד פתאם |
11 Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
| או-חשך לא-תראה ושפעת-מים תכסך |
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
| הלא-אלוה גבה שמים וראה ראש כוכבים כי-רמו |
13 And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
| ואמרת מה-ידע אל הבעד ערפל ישפוט |
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.
| עבים סתר-לו ולא יראה וחוג שמים יתהלך |
15 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| הארח עולם תשמור-- אשר דרכו מתי-און |
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:
| אשר-קמטו ולא-עת נהר יוצק יסודם |
17 Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
| האמרים לאל סור ממנו ומה-יפעל שדי למו |
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| והוא מלא בתיהם טוב ועצת רשעים רחקה מני |
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
| יראו צדיקים וישמחו ונקי ילעג-למו |
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
| אם-לא נכחד קימנו ויתרם אכלה אש |
21 Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.
| הסכן-נא עמו ושלם בהם תבואתך טובה |
22 Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
| קח-נא מפיו תורה ושים אמריו בלבבך |
23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles.
| אם-תשוב עד-שדי תבנה תרחיק עולה מאהלך |
24 Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
| ושית-על-עפר בצר ובצור נחלים אופיר |
25 Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
| והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך |
26 For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
| כי-אז על-שדי תתענג ותשא אל-אלוה פניך |
27 You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
| תעתיר אליו וישמעך ונדריך תשלם |
28 You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways.
| ותגזר-אמר ויקם לך ועל-דרכיך נגה אור |
29 When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
| כי-השפילו ותאמר גוה ושח עינים יושע |
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands.
| ימלט אי-נקי ונמלט בבר כפיך |
