איוב 11

1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

2 הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק׃

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִֽם׃

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

4 וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

5 וְֽאוּלָם מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּֽךְ׃

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

6 וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת חׇכְמָה כִּֽי־כִפְלַיִם לְֽתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַּ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that God passeth by [much] of thine iniquity!

7 הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַּ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָֽא׃

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

8 גׇּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃ (Sheol h7585)

[It is as] the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

10 אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃

If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

11 כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

12 וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born [like] the foal of a wild ass.

13 אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

14 אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָֽה׃

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

15 כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָֽא׃

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

16 כִּֽי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃

For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

17 וּֽמִצׇּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

18 וּֽבָטַחְתָּ כִּֽי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about [thee], thou shalt take rest in safety.

19 וְֽרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּֽים׃

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

20 וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנוֹס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַֽפַּֽח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.