Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
| הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃ |
3 Look, you have instructed many, you have strengthened the weak hands.
| הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ |
4 Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
| כּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ |
5 But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.
| כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ |
6 Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
| הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ |
7 "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
| זְכׇר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ |
8 According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
| כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ |
9 By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
| מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַּ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃ |
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
| שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ |
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey. The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.
| לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ |
12 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
| וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אׇזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃ |
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
| בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ |
14 fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
| פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃ |
15 Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair of my flesh stood up.
| וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ |
16 It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
| יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ |
17 'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
| הַאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַּ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃ |
18 Look, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
| הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תׇּהֳלָֽה׃ |
19 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth.
| אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃ |
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
| מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ |
21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
| הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחׇכְמָֽה׃ |
