אִיּוֹב 15
| וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
| הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֹֽו׃ | 2 |
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
| הֹוכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכֹּ֑ון וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יֹועִ֥יל בָּֽם׃ | 3 |
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
| אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ | 4 |
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
| כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֹנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשֹׁ֣ון עֲרוּמִֽים׃ | 5 |
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
| יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
| הֲרִאישֹׁ֣ון אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָעֹ֣ות חֹולָֽלְתָּ׃ | 7 |
[Art] thou the first man [that] was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
| הַבְסֹ֣וד אֱלֹ֣והַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ | 8 |
Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
| מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃ | 9 |
What knowest thou, that we know not? [what] understandest thou, which [is] not in us?
| גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃ | 10 |
With us [are] both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
| הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹ֣ות אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 11 |
[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
| מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | 12 |
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
| כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃ | 13 |
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
| מָֽה־אֱנֹ֥ושׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ | 14 |
What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
| הֵ֣ן בִּקְדֹשֹׁו (בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו) לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ | 15 |
Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
| אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃ | 16 |
How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
| אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ | 17 |
I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;
| אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבֹותָֽם׃ | 18 |
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid [it: ]
| לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתֹוכָֽם׃ | 19 |
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
| כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחֹולֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ | 20 |
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
| קֹול־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁלֹ֗ום שֹׁודֵ֥ד יְבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃ | 21 |
A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
| לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְצָפוּ (וְצָפ֖וּי) ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ | 22 |
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
| נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכֹ֖ון בְּיָדֹ֣ו יֹֽום־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ | 23 |
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
| יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֹֽור׃ | 24 |
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
| כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָדֹ֑ו וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ | 25 |
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
| יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ | 26 |
He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
| כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבֹּ֑ו וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ | 27 |
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.
| וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ון ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָדֹ֗ות בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מֹו אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ | 28 |
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
| לֹֽא־יֶ֖עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵילֹ֑ו וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ | 29 |
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
| לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתֹּו תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃ | 30 |
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
| אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בַּשֹּׁו (בַּשָּׁ֣יו) נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֹֽו׃ | 31 |
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
| בְּֽלֹא־יֹ֭ומֹו תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ | 32 |
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
| יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְרֹ֑ו וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֹֽו׃ | 33 |
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
| כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ | 34 |
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
| הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃ ס | 35 |
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
