| א וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר. |
1 {S} Then Job answered and said: |
| ב שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת; מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶם. |
2 I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all. |
| ג הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי-רוּחַ; אוֹ מַה-יַּמְרִיצְךָ, כִּי תַעֲנֶה. |
3 Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? |
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ד גַּם, אָנֹכִי-- כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה: לוּ יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם, תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי-- אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים; וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם, בְּמוֹ רֹאשִׁי. |
4 I also could speak as ye do; {N} if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, {N} and shake my head at you. |
| ה אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ-פִי; וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹׂךְ. |
5 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief. |
| ו אִם-אֲדַבְּרָה, לֹא-יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי; וְאַחְדְּלָה, מַה-מִּנִּי יַהֲלֹךְ. |
6 Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? |
| ז אַךְ-עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי; הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ, כָּל-עֲדָתִי. |
7 But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company. |
| ח וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי, לְעֵד הָיָה; וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי, בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶה. |
8 And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face. |
| ט אַפּוֹ טָרַף, וַיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי--חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו; צָרִי, יִלְטֹשׁ עֵינָיו לִי. |
9 He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. |
| י פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי, בְּפִיהֶם--בְּחֶרְפָּה, הִכּוּ לְחָיָי; יַחַד, עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאוּן. |
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me. |
| יא יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל, אֶל עֲוִיל; וְעַל-יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵנִי. |
11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked. |
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יב שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי, וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי-- וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי, וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי; וַיְקִימֵנִי לוֹ, לְמַטָּרָה. |
12 I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; {N} He hath also set me up for His mark. |
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יג יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי, רַבָּיו-- יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי, וְלֹא יַחְמֹל; יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ, מְרֵרָתִי. |
13 His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; {N} He poureth out my gall upon the ground. |
| יד יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ, עַל-פְּנֵי-פָרֶץ; יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבּוֹר. |
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. |
| טו שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי, עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי; וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי. |
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust. |
| טז פָּנַי חמרמרה חֳמַרְמְרוּ, מִנִּי-בֶכִי; וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָוֶת. |
16 My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; |
| יז עַל, לֹא-חָמָס בְּכַפָּי; וּתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּה. |
17 Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. |
| יח אֶרֶץ, אַל-תְּכַסִּי דָמִי; וְאַל-יְהִי מָקוֹם, לְזַעֲקָתִי. |
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place. |
| יט גַּם-עַתָּה, הִנֵּה-בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי; וְשָׂהֲדִי, בַּמְּרֹמִים. |
19 Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high. |
| כ מְלִיצַי רֵעָי; אֶל-אֱלוֹהַּ, דָּלְפָה עֵינִי. |
20 Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God; |
| כא וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם-אֱלוֹהַּ; וּבֶן-אָדָם לְרֵעֵהוּ. |
21 That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour! |
| כב כִּי-שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ; וְאֹרַח לֹא-אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ. | 22 For the years that are few are coming on, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |