איוב 15
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
| הֶחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַעַת־רוּחַ וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
| הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?
| אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
| כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
| יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.
| הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
| הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
| מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What do you know that we don’t know? What do you understand which is not in us?
| גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us are both the grey-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
| הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחוּמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle towards you?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
| מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight;
| אַף כִּי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
| אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 18 |
(which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;
| לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ | 19 |
to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed amongst them):
| כׇּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
| קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאׇזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ (וצפו) [וְצָפוּי] הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
| נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ | 24 |
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
| כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty,
| יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers,
| כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
| וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
| לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth.
| לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ | 31 |
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.
| בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
| יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ | 33 |
He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אׇהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
| הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹֽד אָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ | 35 |
They conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
