Job 11
1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
| ויען צפר הנעמתי ויאמר׃ |
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.
| הרב דברים לא יענה ואם איש שפתים יצדק׃ |
3 Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
| בדיך מתים יחרישו ותלעג ואין מכלם׃ |
4 For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
| ותאמר זך לקחי ובר הייתי בעיניך׃ |
5 But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!
| ואולם מי יתן אלוה דבר ויפתח שפתיו עמך׃ |
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.
| ויגד לך תעלמות חכמה כי כפלים לתושיה ודע כי ישה לך אלוה מעונך׃ |
7 Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
| החקר אלוה תמצא אם עד תכלית שדי תמצא׃ |
8 Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)
| גבהי שמים מה תפעל עמקה משאול מה תדע׃ (Sheol h7585) |
9 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
| ארכה מארץ מדה ורחבה מני ים׃ |
10 And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
| אם יחלף ויסגיר ויקהיל ומי ישיבנו׃ |
11 For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
| כי הוא ידע מתי שוא וירא און ולא יתבונן׃ |
12 But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
| ואיש נבוב ילבב ועיר פרא אדם יולד׃ |
13 For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
| אם אתה הכינות לבך ופרשת אליו כפך׃ |
14 if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
| אם און בידך הרחיקהו ואל תשכן באהליך עולה׃ |
15 For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
| כי אז תשא פניך ממום והיית מצק ולא תירא׃ |
16 And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
| כי אתה עמל תשכח כמים עברו תזכר׃ |
17 And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
| ומצהרים יקום חלד תעפה כבקר תהיה׃ |
18 And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
| ובטחת כי יש תקוה וחפרת לבטח תשכב׃ |
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.
| ורבצת ואין מחריד וחלו פניך רבים׃ |
20 But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
| ועיני רשעים תכלינה ומנוס אבד מנהם ותקותם מפח נפש׃ |
