Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹאמַֽר׃ |
2 How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?
| עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ |
3 Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
| הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃ |
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression;
| אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ |
5 If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
| אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
| אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ |
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
| וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ |
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
| כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ |
9 (For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow: )
| כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
10 Will they not teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
| הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ |
11 Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water?
| הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ |
12 Whilst it [is] yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
| עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כָל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ |
13 So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
| כֵּן אָרְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ |
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.
| אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ |
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
| יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ |
16 He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
| רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ |
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
| עַל־גַּל שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ |
18 If he shall destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
| אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ |
19 Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
| הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ |
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
| הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ |
21 Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
| עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ |
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught.
| שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ |
