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א
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר.
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Then Job answered and said:
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ב
לוּ--שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי; והיתי (וְהַוָּתִי), בְּמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ-יָחַד.
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Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
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ג
כִּי-עַתָּה--מֵחוֹל יַמִּים יִכְבָּד; עַל-כֵּן, דְּבָרַי לָעוּ.
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3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
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ד
כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי, עִמָּדִי--אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם, שֹׁתָה רוּחִי; בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעַרְכוּנִי.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of Eloheem do set themselves in array against me.
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ה
הֲיִנְהַק-פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי-דֶשֶׁא; אִם יִגְעֶה-שּׁוֹר, עַל-בְּלִילוֹ.
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5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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ו
הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל, מִבְּלִי-מֶלַח; אִם-יֶשׁ-טַעַם, בְּרִיר חַלָּמוּת.
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6
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
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ז
מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי; הֵמָּה, כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי.
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My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
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ח
מִי-יִתֵּן, תָּבוֹא שֶׁאֱלָתִי; וְתִקְוָתִי, יִתֵּן אֱלוֹהַּ.
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Oh that I might have my request, and that Eloheem would grant me the thing that I long for!
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ט
וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֹהַּ, וִידַכְּאֵנִי; יַתֵּר יָדוֹ, וִיבַצְּעֵנִי.
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9
Even that it would please Eloheem to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
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י
וּתְהִי-עוֹד, נֶחָמָתִי-- וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה, לֹא יַחְמוֹל:
כִּי-לֹא כִחַדְתִּי, אִמְרֵי קָדוֹשׁ.
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Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not;
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for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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יא
מַה-כֹּחִי כִי-אֲיַחֵל; וּמַה-קִּצִּי, כִּי-אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי.
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What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
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יב
אִם-כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי; אִם-בְּשָׂרִי נָחוּשׁ.
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12
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
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יג
הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי; וְתֻשִׁיָּה, נִדְּחָה מִמֶּנִּי.
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Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
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יד
לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד; וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזוֹב.
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To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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טו
אַחַי, בָּגְדוּ כְמוֹ-נָחַל; כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹרוּ.
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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
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טז
הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי-קָרַח; עָלֵימוֹ, יִתְעַלֶּם-שָׁלֶג.
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Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
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יז
בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ; בְּחֻמּוֹ, נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקוֹמָם.
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What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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יח
יִלָּפְתוּ, אָרְחוֹת דַּרְכָּם; יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ.
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The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
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יט
הִבִּיטוּ, אָרְחוֹת תֵּמָא; הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא, קִוּוּ-לָמוֹ.
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The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them--
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כ
בֹּשׁוּ כִּי-בָטָח; בָּאוּ עָדֶיהָ, וַיֶּחְפָּרוּ.
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They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
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כא
כִּי-עַתָּה, הֱיִיתֶם לֹא; תִּרְאוּ חֲתַת, וַתִּירָאוּ.
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For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
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כב
הֲכִי-אָמַרְתִּי, הָבוּ לִי; וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם, שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי.
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Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
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כג
וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד-צָר; וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּוּנִי.
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or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
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כד
הוֹרוּנִי, וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ; וּמַה-שָּׁגִיתִי, הָבִינוּ לִי.
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Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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כה
מַה-נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי-יֹשֶׁר; וּמַה-יּוֹכִיחַ הוֹכֵחַ מִכֶּם.
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How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
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כו
הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ; וּלְרוּחַ, אִמְרֵי נֹאָשׁ.
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Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
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כז
אַף-עַל-יָתוֹם תַּפִּילוּ; וְתִכְרוּ, עַל-רֵיעֲכֶם.
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Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
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כח
וְעַתָּה, הוֹאִילוּ פְנוּ-בִי; וְעַל-פְּנֵיכֶם, אִם-אֲכַזֵּב.
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Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
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כט
שׁוּבוּ-נָא, אַל-תְּהִי עַוְלָה; ושבי (וְשֻׁבוּ) עוֹד, צִדְקִי-בָהּ.
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Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
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ל
הֲיֵשׁ-בִּלְשׁוֹנִי עַוְלָה; אִם-חִכִּי, לֹא-יָבִין הַוּוֹת.
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Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?
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