איוב 11
| ויען צפר הנעמתי ויאמר | 1 |
Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,
| הרב דברים לא יענה ואם-איש שפתים יצדק | 2 |
He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman.
| בדיך מתים יחרישו ותלעג ואין מכלם | 3 |
Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you?
| ותאמר זך לקחי ובר הייתי בעיניך | 4 |
For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.
| ואולם--מי יתן אלוה דבר ויפתח שפתיו עמך | 5 |
But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you!
| ויגד-לך תעלמות חכמה-- כי-כפלים לתושיה ודע-- כי-ישה לך אלוה מעונך | 6 |
Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord.
| החקר אלוה תמצא אם עד-תכלית שדי תמצא | 7 |
Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made?
| גבהי שמים מה-תפעל עמקה משאול מה-תדע (Sheol h7585) | 8 |
Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? (Sheol h7585)
| ארכה מארץ מדה ורחבה מני-ים | 9 |
Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea.
| אם-יחלף ויסגיר ויקהיל ומי ישיבנו | 10 |
And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done?
| כי-הוא ידע מתי-שוא וירא-און ולא יתבונן | 11 |
For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it].
| ואיש נבוב ילבב ועיר פרא אדם יולד | 12 |
But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert.
| אם-אתה הכינות לבך ופרשת אליו כפיך | 13 |
For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him;
| אם-און בידך הרחיקהו ואל-תשכן באהליך עולה | 14 |
if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation.
| כי-אז תשא פניך ממום והיית מצק ולא תירא | 15 |
For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear.
| כי-אתה עמל תשכח כמים עברו תזכר | 16 |
And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared.
| ומצהרים יקום חלד תעפה כבקר תהיה | 17 |
And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday.
| ובטחת כי-יש תקוה וחפרת לבטח תשכב | 18 |
And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
| ורבצת ואין מחריד וחלו פניך רבים | 19 |
For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you.
| ועיני רשעים תכלינה ומנוס אבד מנהם ותקותם מפח-נפש | 20 |
But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
