איוב 35
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
| הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ | 2 |
What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
| כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ | 3 |
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
| אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
| הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 5 |
Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
| אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ | 6 |
If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
| אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ | 7 |
If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ | 8 |
Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
| מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ | 9 |
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ | 10 |
But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
| מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ | 11 |
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
| שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ | 12 |
There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
| אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
| אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
| וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ | 15 |
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
| וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ | 16 |
so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
