Job 5
1 “Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
| קרא נא היש עונך ואל מי מקדשים תפנה׃ |
2 Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
| כי לאויל יהרג כעש ופתה תמית קנאה׃ |
3 I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
| אני ראיתי אויל משריש ואקוב נוהו פתאם׃ |
4 Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
| ירחקו בניו מישע וידכאו בשער ואין מציל׃ |
5 Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
| אשר קצירו רעב יאכל ואל מצנים יקחהו ושאף צמים חילם׃ |
6 But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
| כי לא יצא מעפר און ומאדמה לא יצמח עמל׃ |
7 People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
| כי אדם לעמל יולד ובני רשף יגביהו עוף׃ |
8 [“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
| אולם אני אדרש אל אל ואל אלהים אשים דברתי׃ |
9 He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
| עשה גדלות ואין חקר נפלאות עד אין מספר׃ |
10 He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
| הנתן מטר על פני ארץ ושלח מים על פני חוצות׃ |
11 He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
| לשום שפלים למרום וקדרים שגבו ישע׃ |
12 He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
| מפר מחשבות ערומים ולא תעשינה ידיהם תושיה׃ |
13 He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
| לכד חכמים בערמם ועצת נפתלים נמהרה׃ |
14 [It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
| יומם יפגשו חשך וכלילה ימששו בצהרים׃ |
15 But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
| וישע מחרב מפיהם ומיד חזק אביון׃ |
16 So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
| ותהי לדל תקוה ועלתה קפצה פיה׃ |
17 “But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
| הנה אשרי אנוש יוכחנו אלוה ומוסר שדי אל תמאס׃ |
18 He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
| כי הוא יכאיב ויחבש ימחץ וידו תרפינה׃ |
19 He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
| בשש צרות יצילך ובשבע לא יגע בך רע׃ |
20 When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
| ברעב פדך ממות ובמלחמה מידי חרב׃ |
21 God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
| בשוט לשון תחבא ולא תירא משד כי יבוא׃ |
22 You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
| לשד ולכפן תשחק ומחית הארץ אל תירא׃ |
23 You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
| כי עם אבני השדה בריתך וחית השדה השלמה לך׃ |
24 In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
| וידעת כי שלום אהלך ופקדת נוך ולא תחטא׃ |
25 You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
| וידעת כי רב זרעך וצאצאיך כעשב הארץ׃ |
26 You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
| תבוא בכלח אלי קבר כעלות גדיש בעתו׃ |
27 [“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
| הנה זאת חקרנוה כן היא שמענה ואתה דע לך׃ |
