אִיּוֹב 27

1 וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יֹּוב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁלֹ֗ו וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

2 חַי־אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,

3 כִּֽי־כָל־עֹ֣וד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְר֖וּחַ אֱלֹ֣והַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃

as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

4 אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשֹׁונִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.

5 חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.

6 בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃

I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.

7 יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקֹומְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃

Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.

8 כִּ֤י מַה־תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כִּ֤י יֵ֖שֶׁל אֱלֹ֣והַּ נַפְשֹֽׁו׃

For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?

9 הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתֹו יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָבֹ֖וא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃

Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?

10 אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱלֹ֣והַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?

11 אֹורֶ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֣ם בְּיַד־אֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י לֹ֣א אֲכַחֵֽד׃

I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.

12 הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם כֻּלְּכֶ֣ם חֲזִיתֶ֑ם וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃

Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?

13 זֶ֤ה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֖ם רָשָׁ֥ע ׀ עִם־אֵ֑ל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת עָ֝רִיצִ֗ים מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יִקָּֽחוּ׃

This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.

14 אִם־יִרְבּ֣וּ בָנָ֣יו לְמֹו־חָ֑רֶב וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יו לֹ֣א יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃

If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.

15 שְׂרִידֹו (שְׂ֭רִידָיו) בַּמָּ֣וֶת יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.

16 אִם־יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,

17 יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק׃

then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.

18 בָּנָ֣ה כָעָ֣שׁ בֵּיתֹ֑ו וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר׃

He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.

19 עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף עֵינָ֖יו פָּקַ֣ח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.

20 תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ כַ֭מַּיִם בַּלָּהֹ֑ות לַ֝֗יְלָה גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.

21 יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּ קָדִ֣ים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ מִמְּקֹמֹֽו׃

A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.

22 וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְ עָ֭לָיו וְלֹ֣א יַחְמֹ֑ל מִ֝יָּדֹ֗ו בָּרֹ֥וחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.

23 יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק עָלֵ֣ימֹו כַפֵּ֑ימֹו וְיִשְׁרֹ֥ק עָ֝לָ֗יו מִמְּקֹמֹֽו׃

He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.