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א
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב, וַיֹּאמַר.
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Then Job answered and said:
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ב
אָמְנָם, יָדַעְתִּי כִי-כֵן; וּמַה-יִּצְדַּק אֱנוֹשׁ עִם-אֵל.
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Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with Eloheem?
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ג
אִם-יַחְפֹּץ, לָרִיב עִמּוֹ-- לֹא-יַעֲנֶנּוּ, אַחַת מִנִּי-אָלֶף.
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3
If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand.
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ד
חֲכַם לֵבָב, וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ-- מִי-הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו, וַיִּשְׁלָם.
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4
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
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ה
הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים, וְלֹא יָדָעוּ-- אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפּוֹ.
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5
Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.
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ו
הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ, מִמְּקוֹמָהּ; וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ, יִתְפַּלָּצוּן.
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6
Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
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ז
הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס, וְלֹא יִזְרָח; וּבְעַד כּוֹכָבִים יַחְתֹּם.
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7
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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ח
נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדּוֹ; וְדוֹרֵךְ, עַל-בָּמֳתֵי יָם.
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Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
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ט
עֹשֶׂה-עָשׁ, כְּסִיל וְכִימָה; וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן.
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9
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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י
עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת, עַד-אֵין חֵקֶר; וְנִפְלָאוֹת, עַד-אֵין מִסְפָּר.
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10
Who doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvellous things without number.
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יא
הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי, וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה; וְיַחֲלֹף, וְלֹא-אָבִין לוֹ.
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Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
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יב
הֵן יַחְתֹּף, מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ; מִי-יֹאמַר אֵלָיו, מַה-תַּעֲשֶׂה.
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Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'
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יג
אֱלוֹהַּ, לֹא-יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ; תַּחְתָּו שָׁחֲחוּ, עֹזְרֵי רָהַב.
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Eloheem will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
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יד
אַף, כִּי-אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ; אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּוֹ.
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How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
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טו
אֲשֶׁר אִם-צָדַקְתִּי, לֹא אֶעֱנֶה; לִמְשֹׁפְטִי, אֶתְחַנָּן.
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Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
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טז
אִם-קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי-- לֹא-אַאֲמִין, כִּי-יַאֲזִין קוֹלִי.
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If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice--
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יז
אֲשֶׁר-בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי; וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם.
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He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
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יח
לֹא-יִתְּנֵנִי, הָשֵׁב רוּחִי: כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי, מַמְּרֹרִים.
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That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
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יט
אִם-לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה; וְאִם-לְמִשְׁפָּט, מִי יוֹעִידֵנִי.
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If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
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כ
אִם-אֶצְדָּק, פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי; תָּם-אָנִי, וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי.
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Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
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כא
תָּם-אָנִי, לֹא-אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי; אֶמְאַס חַיָּי.
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I am innocent--I regard not myself, I despise my life.
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כב
אַחַת, הִיא: עַל-כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי--תָּם וְרָשָׁע, הוּא מְכַלֶּה.
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It is all one--therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.
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כג
אִם-שׁוֹט, יָמִית פִּתְאֹם-- לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג.
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If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
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כד
אֶרֶץ, נִתְּנָה בְיַד-רָשָׁע-- פְּנֵי-שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה;
אִם-לֹא אֵפוֹא מִי-הוּא.
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covereth the faces of the judges thereof;
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if it be not He, who then is it?
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כה
וְיָמַי קַלּוּ, מִנִּי-רָץ; בָּרְחוּ, לֹא-רָאוּ טוֹבָה.
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Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
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כו
חָלְפוּ, עִם-אֳנִיּוֹת אֵבֶה; כְּנֶשֶׁר, יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי-אֹכֶל.
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They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.
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כז
אִם-אָמְרִי, אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי; אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה.
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If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
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כח
יָגֹרְתִּי כָל-עַצְּבֹתָי; יָדַעְתִּי, כִּי-לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי.
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I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
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כט
אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע; לָמָּה-זֶּה, הֶבֶל אִיגָע.
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I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
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ל
אִם-הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו- (בְמֵי-) שָׁלֶג; וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי, בְּבֹר כַּפָּי.
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If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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לא
אָז, בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי; וְתִעֲבוּנִי, שַׂלְמוֹתָי.
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Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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לב
כִּי-לֹא-אִישׁ כָּמוֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ; נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו, בַּמִּשְׁפָּט.
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For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment.
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לג
לֹא יֵשׁ-בֵּינֵינוּ מוֹכִיחַ-- יָשֵׁת יָדוֹ עַל-שְׁנֵינוּ.
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There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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לד
יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְ
ט
וֹ; וְאֵמָתוֹ, אַל-תְּבַעֲתַנִּי.
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Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
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לה
אֲדַבְּרָה, וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ: כִּי לֹא-כֵן אָנֹכִי, עִמָּדִי.
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Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
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