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