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| [1]Then Job answered and said, |
[1]וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
| [2]I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord? |
[2]אָ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנֹ֣ושׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ |
| [3]For if he would enter into judgment with him, God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand. |
[3]אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמֹּ֑ו לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ |
| [4]For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured? |
[4]חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ |
| [5]Who wears out the mountains, and men know it not: who overturns them in anger. |
[5]הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק הָ֭רִים וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑עוּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הֲפָכָ֣ם בְּאַפֹּֽו׃ |
| [6]Who shakes the earth under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter. |
[6]הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז אֶ֭רֶץ מִמְּקֹומָ֑הּ וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן ׃ |
| [7]Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars. |
[7]הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כֹּוכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ |
| [8]Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground. |
[8]נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדֹּ֑ו וְ֝דֹורֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃ |
| [9]Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south. |
[9]עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃ |
| [10]Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable. |
[10]עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלֹות עַד־אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר וְנִפְלָאֹ֗ות עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ |
| [11]If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it. |
[11]הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֹֽו׃ |
| [12]If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done? |
[12]הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ |
| [13]For if he has turned away his anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him. |
[13]אֱ֭לֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפֹּ֑ו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּ֥יו ק) חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ |
| [14]Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause. |
[14]אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמֹּֽו׃ |
| [15]For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment. |
[15]אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ |
| [16]And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice. |
[16]אִם־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִ֥ין קֹולִֽי׃ |
| [17]Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause. |
[17]אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃ |
| [18]For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness. |
[18]לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ |
| [19]For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment? |
[19]אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יֹועִידֵֽנִי׃ |
| [20]For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse. |
[20]אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ |
| [21]For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: but my life is taken away. |
[21]תָּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃ |
| [22]Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. |
[22]אַחַ֗ת הִ֥יא עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ |
| [23]For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn. |
[23]אִםשֹׁ֭־וט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃ |
| [24]For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous man: he covers the faces of the judges of the earth: but if it be not he, who is it? |
[24]אֶ֤רֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁ֗ע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ יְכַסֶּ֑ה אִם־לֹ֖א אֵפֹ֣וא מִי־הֽוּא׃ |
| [25]But my life is swifter than a post: my days have fled away, and they knew it not. |
[25]וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טֹובָֽה׃ |
| [26]Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey? |
[26]חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּ֣ות אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ |
| [27]And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan; |
[27]אִם־אָ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ |
| [28]I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone as innocent. |
[28]יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ |
| [29]But since I am ungodly, why have I not died? |
[29]אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃ |
| [30]For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands, |
[30]אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג ק) וַ֝הֲזִכֹּ֗ותִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃ |
| [31]thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me. |
[31]אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָֽי׃ |
| [32]For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment. |
[32]כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָבֹ֥וא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ |
| [33]Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, and one who should hear the cause between both. |
[33]לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מֹוכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָדֹ֣ו עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ |
| [34]Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me: |
[34]יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְטֹ֑ו וְ֝אֵמָתֹ֗ו אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ |
| [35]so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious of guilt. |
[35]אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה וְלֹ֣א אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כֵ֥ן אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃ |