איוב 35
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Elihu answereth and saith: —
| הֲזֹאת חָשַׁבְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּט אָמַרְתָּ צִדְקִי מֵאֵֽל׃ | 2 |
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
| כִּֽי־תֹאמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָךְ מָֽה־אֹעִיל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ | 3 |
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
| אֲנִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ מִלִּין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶיךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃ | 4 |
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
| הַבֵּט שָׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה וְשׁוּר שְׁחָקִים גָּבְהוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ | 5 |
Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
| אִם־חָטָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּוֹ וְרַבּוּ פְשָׁעֶיךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃ | 6 |
If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
| אִם־צָדַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לוֹ אוֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ יִקָּֽח׃ | 7 |
If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
| לְאִישׁ־כָּמוֹךָ רִשְׁעֶךָ וּלְבֶן־אָדָם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ | 8 |
For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
| מֵרֹב עֲשׁוּקִים יַזְעִיקוּ יְשַׁוְּעוּ מִזְּרוֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃ | 9 |
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
| וְֽלֹא־אָמַר אַיֵּה אֱלוֹהַּ עֹשָׂי נֹתֵן זְמִרוֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ | 10 |
And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
| מַלְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמוֹת אָרֶץ וּמֵעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ | 11 |
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
| שָׁם יִצְעֲקוּ וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה מִפְּנֵי גְּאוֹן רָעִֽים׃ | 12 |
There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
| אַךְ־שָׁוְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַע ׀ אֵל וְשַׁדַּי לֹא יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ | 13 |
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
| אַף כִּֽי־תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
| וְעַתָּה כִּי־אַיִן פָּקַד אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַע בַּפַּשׁ מְאֹֽד׃ | 15 |
And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
| וְאִיּוֹב הֶבֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּיהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַעַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּֽר׃ | 16 |
And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
