< Job 21 >

1 and to answer Job and to say
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
2 to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וּתְהִי־זֹאת תַּנְחוּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃
3 to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
שָׂאוּנִי וְאָנֹכִי אֲדַבֵּר וְאַחַר דַּבְּרִי תַלְעִֽיג׃
4 I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־תִקְצַר רוּחִֽי׃
5 to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
פְּנוּ־אֵלַי וְהָשַׁמּוּ וְשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּֽה׃
6 and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
וְאִם־זָכַרְתִּי וְנִבְהָלְתִּי וְאָחַז בְּשָׂרִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃
7 why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
מַדּוּעַ רְשָׁעִים יִֽחְיוּ עָתְקוּ גַּם־גָּבְרוּ חָֽיִל׃
8 seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
זַרְעָם נָכוֹן לִפְנֵיהֶם עִמָּם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
9 house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
בָּתֵּיהֶם שָׁלוֹם מִפָּחַד וְלֹא שֵׁבֶט אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
10 cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
שׁוֹרוֹ עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתוֹ וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃
11 to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
יְשַׁלְּחוּ כַצֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶם וְיַלְדֵיהֶם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃
12 to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
יִשְׂאוּ כְּתֹף וְכִנּוֹר וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֹל עוּגָֽב׃
13 (to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
(יבלו) [יְכַלּוּ] בַטּוֹב יְמֵיהֶם וּבְרֶגַע שְׁאוֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃ (Sheol h7585)
14 and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וְדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ לֹא חָפָֽצְנוּ׃
15 what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
מַה־שַּׁדַּי כִּֽי־נַעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה־נּוֹעִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃
16 look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃
17 like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃
18 to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
יִֽהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה׃
19 god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
אֱלוֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ יְשַׁלֵּם אֵלָיו וְיֵדָֽע׃
20 to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
יִרְאוּ עֵינָו כִּידוֹ וּמֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
21 for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
כִּי מַה־חֶפְצוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ אַחֲרָיו וּמִסְפַּר חֳדָשָׁיו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃
22 to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
הַלְאֵל יְלַמֶּד־דָּעַת וְהוּא רָמִים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃
23 this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
זֶה יָמוּת בְּעֶצֶם תֻּמּוֹ כֻּלּוֹ שַׁלְאֲנַן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃
24 belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
עֲטִינָיו מָלְאוּ חָלָב וּמֹחַ עַצְמוֹתָיו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃
25 and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
וְזֶה יָמוּת בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה וְלֹֽא־אָכַל בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃
26 unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
יַחַד עַל־עָפָר יִשְׁכָּבוּ וְרִמָּה תְּכַסֶּה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
27 look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
הֵן יָדַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶם וּמְזִמּוֹת עָלַי תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃
28 for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
כִּי תֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה בֵית־נָדִיב וְאַיֵּה אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃
29 not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
הֲלֹא שְׁאֶלְתֶּם עוֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ וְאֹתֹתָם לֹא תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃
30 for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
כִּי לְיוֹם אֵיד יֵחָשֶׂךְ רָע לְיוֹם עֲבָרוֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃
31 who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
מִֽי־יַגִּיד עַל־פָּנָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וְהוּא־עָשָׂה מִי יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃
32 and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
וְהוּא לִקְבָרוֹת יוּבָל וְֽעַל־גָּדִישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃
33 be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
מָֽתְקוּ־לוֹ רִגְבֵי ־ נָחַל וְאַחֲרָיו כׇּל־אָדָם יִמְשׁוֹךְ וּלְפָנָיו אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃
34 and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃

< Job 21 >