איוב 4
| וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
| הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃ | 2 |
If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
| הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ | 3 |
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
| כּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ | 4 |
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
| כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ | 5 |
But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.
| הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ | 6 |
Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?
| זְכָר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ | 7 |
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
| כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ | 8 |
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
| מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃ | 9 |
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
| שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ | 10 |
The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
| לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ | 11 |
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
| וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֽ͏ֶנְהֽוּ׃ | 12 |
Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.
| בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ | 13 |
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
| פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃ | 14 |
Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.
| וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַֽׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ | 15 |
Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.
| יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ | 16 |
It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:
| הַֽאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃ | 17 |
'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
| הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תָּהֳלָֽה׃ | 18 |
Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;
| אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃ | 19 |
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
| מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ | 20 |
Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
| הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחָכְמָֽה׃ | 21 |
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
