Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
| הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ |
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
| כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
| אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ |
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
| הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ |
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
| אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ |
7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
| אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ |
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ |
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
| מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ |
10 But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ |
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
| מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ |
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
| שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ |
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
| אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ |
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
| אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ |
15 But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
| וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ |
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
| וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ |
