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| [1]And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- |
[1]וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י וַיֹאמַֽר ׃ |
| [2]Till when dost thou speak these things? And a strong wind -- sayings of thy mouth? |
[2]עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ |
| [3]Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice? |
[3]הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִםשַׁ֝־דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃ |
| [4]If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression, |
[4]אִם־בָּנֶ֥יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לֹ֑ו וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ |
| [5]If thou dost seek early unto God, And unto the Mighty makest supplication, |
[5]אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶלשַׁ֝־דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
| [6]If pure and upright thou [art], Surely now He waketh for thee, And hath completed The habitation of thy righteousness. |
[6]אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ |
| [7]And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great. |
[7]וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ |
| [8]For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers, |
[8]כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָ֭א לְדֹ֣ר רִישֹׁ֑ון וְ֝כֹונֵ֗ן לְחֵ֣קֶר אֲבֹותָֽם׃ |
| [9](For of yesterday we [are], and we know not, For a shadow [are] our days on earth.) |
[9]כִּֽי־תְמֹ֣ול אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע כִּ֤י צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ |
| [10]Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words? |
[10]הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם יֹ֭ורוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יֹוצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃ |
| [11]`Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? |
[11]הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ |
| [12]While it [is] in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth. |
[12]עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבֹּו לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ |
| [13]So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish, |
[13]כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחֹות כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ |
| [14]Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. |
[14]אֲשֶׁר־יָקֹ֥וט כִּסְלֹ֑ו וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֹֽו׃ |
| [15]He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. |
[15]יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־בֵּ֭יתֹו וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בֹּ֝֗ו וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃ |
| [16]Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. |
[16]רָטֹ֣ב ה֖וּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּתֹ֗ו יֹֽנַקְתֹּ֥ו תֵצֵֽא׃ |
| [17]By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. |
[17]עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ |
| [18]If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! |
[18]אִם־יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ מִמְּקֹומֹ֑ו וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בֹּ֝֗ו לֹ֣א רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ |
| [19]Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.' |
[19]הֶן־ה֭וּא מְשֹׂ֣ושׂ דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר אַחֵ֥ר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ |
| [20]Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers. |
[20]הֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ |
| [21]While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting, |
[21]עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂחֹ֣וק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ |
| [22]Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not! |
[22]שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ |