Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּמָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
| הַלְאֵל יִסְכׇּן־גָּבֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּן עָלֵימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ |
3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it] gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
| הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי תִצְדָּק וְאִם־בֶּצַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ |
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
| הֲֽמִיִּרְאָתְךָ יֹכִיחֶךָ יָבוֹא עִמְּךָ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
5 [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
| הֲלֹא רָעָֽתְךָ רַבָּה וְאֵֽין־קֵץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃ |
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
| כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּל אַחֶיךָ חִנָּם וּבִגְדֵי עֲרוּמִּים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃ |
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.
| לֹא־מַיִם עָיֵף תַּשְׁקֶה וּמֵרָעֵב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ |
8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
| וְאִישׁ זְרוֹעַ לוֹ הָאָרֶץ וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים יֵשֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃ |
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
| אַלְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּחְתָּ רֵיקָם וּזְרֹעוֹת יְתֹמִים יְדֻכָּֽא׃ |
10 Therefore snares [are] around thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
| עַל־כֵּן סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ פַחִים וִיבַהֶלְךָ פַּחַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃ |
11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
| אוֹ־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ |
12 [Is] not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!
| הֲֽלֹא־אֱלוֹהַּ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמָיִם וּרְאֵה רֹאשׁ כּוֹכָבִים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃ |
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
| וְֽאָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּדַֽע אֵל הַבְעַד עֲרָפֶל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃ |
14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
| עָבִים סֵֽתֶר־לוֹ וְלֹא יִרְאֶה וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ |
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
| הַאֹרַח עוֹלָם תִּשְׁמוֹר אֲשֶׁר דָּרְכוּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ |
16 Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!
| אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא־עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם׃ |
17 Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!
| הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ׃ |
18 Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
| וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ |
19 The righteous see [it], and are glad: and the innocent deride them.
| יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃ |
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
| אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃ |
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.
| הַסְכֶּן־נָא עִמּוֹ וּשְׁלָם בָּהֶם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ טוֹבָֽה׃ |
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
| קַח־נָא מִפִּיו תּוֹרָה וְשִׂים אֲמָרָיו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ |
23 If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
| אִם־תָּשׁוּב עַד־שַׁדַּי תִּבָּנֶה תַּרְחִיק עַוְלָה מֵאׇהֳלֶֽךָ׃ |
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
| וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָר בָּצֶר וּכְצוּר נְחָלִים אוֹפִֽיר׃ |
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
| וְהָיָה שַׁדַּי בְּצָרֶיךָ וְכֶסֶף תּוֹעָפוֹת לָֽךְ׃ |
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
| כִּי־אָז עַל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְעַנָּג וְתִשָּׂא אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ |
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
| תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ |
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
| וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹמֶר וְיָקׇם לָךְ וְעַל־דְּרָכֶיךָ נָגַהּ אֽוֹר׃ |
29 When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] exaltation; and he shall save the humble person.
| כִּֽי־הִשְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּאמֶר גֵּוָה וְשַׁח עֵינַיִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ |
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
| יְמַלֵּט אִֽי־נָקִי וְנִמְלַט בְּבֹר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ |
