Job 6
1 Then Job answered,
| ויען איוב ויאמר׃ |
2 "Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances.
| לו שקול ישקל כעשי והיתי במאזנים ישאו יחד׃ |
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.
| כי עתה מחול ימים יכבד על כן דברי לעו׃ |
4 For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
| כי חצי שדי עמדי אשר חמתם שתה רוחי בעותי אלוה יערכוני׃ |
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
| הינהק פרא עלי דשא אם יגעה שור על בלילו׃ |
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
| היאכל תפל מבלי מלח אם יש טעם בריר חלמות׃ |
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
| מאנה לנגוע נפשי המה כדוי לחמי׃ |
8 "Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant 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 Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that 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? What is my 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 bronze?
| אם כח אבנים כחי אם בשרי נחוש׃ |
13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
| האם אין עזרתי בי ותשיה נדחה ממני׃ |
14 "To the despairing, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
| למס מרעהו חסד ויראת שדי יעזוב׃ |
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
| אחי בגדו כמו נחל כאפיק נחלים יעברו׃ |
16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
| הקדרים מני קרח עלימו יתעלם שלג׃ |
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
| בעת יזרבו נצמתו בחמו נדעכו ממקומם׃ |
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
| 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 distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
| בשו כי בטח באו עדיה ויחפרו׃ |
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
| כי עתה הייתם לא תראו חתת ותיראו׃ |
22 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from 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. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
| הורוני ואני אחריש ומה שגיתי הבינו לי׃ |
25 How forcible are words of uprightness. But your reproof, what does it reprove?
| מה נמרצו אמרי ישר ומה יוכיח הוכח מכם׃ |
26 Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
| הלהוכח מלים תחשבו ולרוח אמרי נאש׃ |
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
| אף על יתום תפילו ותכרו על ריעכם׃ |
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.
| ועתה הואילו פנו בי ועל פניכם אם אכזב׃ |
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
| שבו נא אל תהי עולה ושבי עוד צדקי בה׃ |
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
| היש בלשוני עולה אם חכי לא יבין הוות׃ |
