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א וַיַּעַן, אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי; וַיֹּאמַר.
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1 {S} Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
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ב הֶחָכָם, יַעֲנֶה דַעַת-רוּחַ; וִימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנוֹ.
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2 Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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ג הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר, לֹא יִסְכּוֹן; וּמִלִּים, לֹא-יוֹעִיל בָּם.
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3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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ד אַף-אַתָּה, תָּפֵר יִרְאָה; וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה, לִפְנֵי-אֵל.
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4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.
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ה כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ; וְתִבְחַר, לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִים.
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5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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ו יַרְשִׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא-אָנִי; וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ, יַעֲנוּ-בָךְ.
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6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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ז הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם, תִּוָּלֵד; וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָלְתָּ.
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7 Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?
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ח הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ תִּשְׁמָע; וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָה.
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8 Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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ט מַה-יָּדַעְתָּ, וְלֹא נֵדָע; תָּבִין, וְלֹא-עִמָּנוּ הוּא.
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9 What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
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י גַּם-שָׂב גַּם-יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ-- כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִים.
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10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.
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יא הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ, תַּנְחוּמוֹת אֵל; וְדָבָר, לָאַט עִמָּךְ.
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11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?
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יב מַה-יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ; וּמַה-יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶיךָ.
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12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?
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יג כִּי-תָשִׁיב אֶל-אֵל רוּחֶךָ; וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין.
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13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.
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יד מָה-אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי-יִזְכֶּה; וְכִי-יִצְדַּק, יְלוּד אִשָּׁה.
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14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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טו הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁו, לֹא יַאֲמִין; וְשָׁמַיִם, לֹא-זַכּוּ בְעֵינָיו.
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15 Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.
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טז אַף, כִּי-נִתְעָב וְנֶאֱלָח; אִישׁ-שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָה.
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16 How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!
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יז אֲחַוְךָ שְׁמַע-לִי; וְזֶה-חָזִיתִי, וַאֲסַפֵּרָה.
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17 I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare--
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יח אֲשֶׁר-חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ; וְלֹא כִחֲדוּ, מֵאֲבוֹתָם.
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18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;
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יט לָהֶם לְבַדָּם, נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ; וְלֹא-עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָם.
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19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.
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כ כָּל-יְמֵי רָשָׁע, הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל; וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים, נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִיץ.
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20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
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כא קוֹל-פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו; בַּשָּׁלוֹם, שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶנּוּ.
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21 A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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כב לֹא-יַאֲמִין שׁוּב, מִנִּי-חֹשֶׁךְ; וצפו וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי-חָרֶב.
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22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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כג נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה; יָדַע, כִּי-נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יוֹם-חֹשֶׁךְ.
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23 He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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כד יְבַעֲתֻהוּ, צַר וּמְצוּקָה; תִּתְקְפֵהוּ, כְּמֶלֶךְ עָתִיד לַכִּידוֹר.
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24 Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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כה כִּי-נָטָה אֶל-אֵל יָדוֹ; וְאֶל-שַׁדַּי, יִתְגַּבָּר.
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25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;
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כו יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר; בַּעֲבִי, גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו.
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26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.
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כז כִּי-כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ; וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי-כָסֶל.
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27 Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
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כח וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן, עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת--בָּתִּים, לֹא-יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ: אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים.
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28 And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.
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כט לֹא-יֶעְשַׁר, וְלֹא-יָקוּם חֵילוֹ; וְלֹא-יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם.
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29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.
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ל לֹא-יָסוּר, מִנִּי-חֹשֶׁךְ--יֹנַקְתּוֹ, תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת; וְיָסוּר, בְּרוּחַ פִּיו.
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30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
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לא אַל-יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁו נִתְעָה: כִּי-שָׁוְא, תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתוֹ.
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31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
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לב בְּלֹא-יוֹמוֹ, תִּמָּלֵא; וְכִפָּתוֹ, לֹא רַעֲנָנָה.
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32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
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לג יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ; וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת, נִצָּתוֹ.
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33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
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לד כִּי-עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד; וְאֵשׁ, אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי-שֹׁחַד.
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34 For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
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לה הָרֹה עָמָל, וְיָלֹד אָוֶן; וּבִטְנָם, תָּכִין מִרְמָה.
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35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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