Job 8
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
| עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ |
3 Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
| הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶֽדֶק׃ |
4 If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
| אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ |
5 If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
| אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
6 If you [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
| אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּֽי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ |
7 And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
| וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִֽיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ |
8 For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their fathers,
| כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ |
9 For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
| כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
10 Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
| הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ |
11 Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
| הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ |
12 While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
| עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כׇל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ |
13 So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
| כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ |
14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
| אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ |
15 He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
| יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ |
16 He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
| רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ |
17 His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
| עַל־גַּל שׇׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ |
18 If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
| אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ |
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
| הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ |
20 Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
| הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ |
21 While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
| עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ |
22 Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
| שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ |
