איוב 24
| מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים וְיֹדְעָו לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 |
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?
| גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ | 2 |
There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
| חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃ | 3 |
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
| יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 4 |
They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
| הֵן פְּרָאִים ׀ בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפׇעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ | 5 |
Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the desert yieldeth them bread for their children.
| בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ (יקצירו) [יִקְצוֹרוּ] וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ | 6 |
They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.
| עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃ | 7 |
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
| מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּֽמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃ | 8 |
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
| יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְֽעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ | 9 |
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
| עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃ | 10 |
So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;
| בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ | 11 |
They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
| מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹֽא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃ | 12 |
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.
| הֵמָּה ׀ הָיוּ בְּֽמֹרְדֵי ־ אוֹר לֹא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃ | 13 |
These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
| לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטׇל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃ | 14 |
The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
| וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃ | 15 |
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying: 'No eye shall see me'; and he putteth a covering on his face.
| חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמוֹ לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר׃ | 16 |
In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.
| כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ | 17 |
For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
| קַל־הוּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃ | 18 |
He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
| צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵֽימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃ (Sheol h7585) | 19 |
Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world those that have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
| יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹֽא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃ | 20 |
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
| רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃ | 21 |
He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
| וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְֽלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ | 22 |
He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
| יִתֶּן־לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃ | 23 |
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
| רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃ | 24 |
They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, and wither as the tops of the ears of corn.
| וְאִם־לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃ | 25 |
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
