איוב 4

1 וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say

2 הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃

to test: try word to(wards) you be weary and to restrain in/on/with speech who? be able

3 הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃

behold to discipline many and hand weak to strengthen: strengthen

4 כּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃

to stumble to arise: establish [emph?] speech your and knee to bow to strengthen

5 כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃

for now to come (in): come to(wards) you and be weary to touch till you and to dismay

6 הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

not fear your confidence your hope your and integrity way: conduct your

7 זְכׇר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

to remember please who? he/she/it innocent to perish and where? upright to hide

8 כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

like/as as which to see: see to plow/plot evil: wickedness and to sow trouble to reap him

9 מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַּ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃

from breath god to perish and from spirit: breath face: anger his to end: destroy

10 שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃

roaring lion and voice lion and tooth lion to break

11 לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

lion to perish from without prey and son: young animal lion to separate

12 וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אׇזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

and to(wards) me word to steal and to take: recieve ear my whisper from him

13 בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

in/on/with disquietings from vision night in/on/with to fall: fall deep sleep upon human

14 פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃

dread to encounter: toward me and trembling and abundance bone my to dread

15 וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃

and spirit upon face my to pass to bristle up hair flesh my

16 יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

to stand: stand and not to recognize appearance his likeness to/for before eye my silence and voice to hear: hear

17 הַאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַּ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃

human from god to justify if: surely no from to make him be pure great man

18 הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תׇּהֳלָֽה׃

look! in/on/with servant/slave his not be faithful and in/on/with messenger: angel his to set: make error

19 אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃

also to dwell house: home clay which in/on/with dust foundation their to crush them to/for face: before moth

20 מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

from morning to/for evening to crush from without to set: consider to/for perpetuity to perish

21 הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחׇכְמָֽה׃

not to set out cord their in/on/with them to die and not in/on/with wisdom