| א וַיַּעַן, צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי; וַיֹּאמַר. |
1 {S} Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said: |
| ב הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים, לֹא יֵעָנֶה; וְאִם-אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּק. |
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be accounted right? |
| ג בַּדֶּיךָ, מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁוּ; וַתִּלְעַג, וְאֵין מַכְלִם. |
3 Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed; |
| ד וַתֹּאמֶר, זַךְ לִקְחִי; וּבַר, הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶיךָ. |
4 And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.' |
| ה וְאוּלָם--מִי-יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ דַּבֵּר; וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּךְ. |
5 But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee; |
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ו וְיַגֶּד-לְךָ, תַּעֲלֻמוֹת חָכְמָה-- כִּי-כִפְלַיִם לְתוּשִׁיָּה: וְדַע-- כִּי-יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלוֹהַּ, מֵעֲוֺנֶךָ. |
6 And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold! {N} Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. |
| ז הַחֵקֶר אֱלוֹהַּ תִּמְצָא; אִם עַד-תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָא. |
7 Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty? |
| ח גָּבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם, מַה-תִּפְעָל; עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאוֹל, מַה-תֵּדָע. |
8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know? |
| ט אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ; וּרְחָבָה, מִנִּי-יָם. |
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
| י אִם-יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר; וְיַקְהִיל, וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ. |
10 If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him? |
| יא כִּי-הוּא, יָדַע מְתֵי-שָׁוְא; וַיַּרְא-אָוֶן, וְלֹא יִתְבּוֹנָן. |
11 For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it? |
| יב וְאִישׁ נָבוּב, יִלָּבֵב; וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא, אָדָם יִוָּלֵד. |
12 But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man. |
| יג אִם-אַתָּה, הֲכִינוֹתָ לִבֶּךָ; וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּיךָ. |
13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him-- |
| יד אִם-אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ, הַרְחִיקֵהוּ; וְאַל-תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָה. |
14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents-- |
| טו כִּי-אָז, תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם; וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק, וְלֹא תִירָא. |
15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear; |
| טז כִּי-אַתָּה, עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח; כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּר. |
16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away; |
| יז וּמִצָּהֳרַיִם, יָקוּם חָלֶד; תָּעֻפָה, כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶה. |
17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. |
| יח וּבָטַחְתָּ, כִּי-יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה; וְחָפַרְתָּ, לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּב. |
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. |
| יט וְרָבַצְתָּ, וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד; וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּים. |
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
| כ וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים, תִּכְלֶינָה: וּמָנוֹס, אָבַד מִנְהֶם; וְתִקְוָתָם, מַפַּח-נָפֶשׁ. | 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul. |