איוב ל״ו
Job 36
Hebrew
וַיֹּ֥סֶף אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ כַּתַּר־לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י ע֖וֹד לֶאֱל֣וֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ אֶשָּׂ֣א דֵ֭עִי לְמֵרָח֑וֹק וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ כִּֽי־אׇ֭מְנָם לֹא־שֶׁ֣קֶר מִלָּ֑י תְּמִ֖ים דֵּע֣וֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ הֶן־אֵ֣ל כַּ֭בִּיר וְלֹ֣א יִמְאָ֑ס כַּ֝בִּ֗יר כֹּ֣חַֽ לֵֽב׃ לֹא־יְחַיֶּ֥ה רָשָׁ֑ע וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִתֵּֽן׃ לֹֽא־יִגְרַ֥ע מִצַּדִּ֗יק עֵ֫ינָ֥יו וְאֶת־מְלָכִ֥ים לַכִּסֵּ֑א וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם לָ֝נֶ֗צַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פׇּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ וַיִּ֣גֶל אׇ֭זְנָם לַמּוּסָ֑ר וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יְשׁוּב֥וּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ אִֽם־יִשְׁמְע֗וּ וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ יְכַלּ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֣ם בַּטּ֑וֹב וּ֝שְׁנֵיהֶ֗ם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ בִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵ֭ב יָשִׂ֣ימוּ אָ֑ף לֹ֥א יְ֝שַׁוְּע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲסָרָֽם׃ תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ יְחַלֵּ֣ץ עָנִ֣י בְעׇנְי֑וֹ וְיִ֖גֶל בַּלַּ֣חַץ אׇזְנָֽם׃ וְאַ֤ף הֲסִֽיתְךָ֨ ׀ מִפִּי־צָ֗ר רַ֭חַב לֹא־מוּצָ֣ק תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְנַ֥חַת שֻׁ֝לְחָנְךָ֗ מָ֣לֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ וְדִין־רָשָׁ֥ע מָלֵ֑אתָ דִּ֖ין וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרׇב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ שׁ֭וּעֲךָ לֹ֣א בְצָ֑ר וְ֝כֹ֗ל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ אַל־תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַלָּ֑יְלָה לַעֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ הִ֭שָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּ֣פֶן אֶל־אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶ֝֗ה בָּחַ֥רְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ הֶן־אֵ֭ל יַשְׂגִּ֣יב בְּכֹח֑וֹ מִ֖י כָמֹ֣הוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּמִי־אָ֝מַ֗ר פָּעַ֥לְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ זְ֭כֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פׇעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ כׇּל־אָדָ֥ם חָזוּ־ב֑וֹ אֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ יַבִּ֥יט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ הֶן־אֵ֣ל שַׂ֭גִּיא וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣יו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ כִּ֭י יְגָרַ֣ע נִטְפֵי־מָ֑יִם יָזֹ֖קּוּ מָטָ֣ר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּל֥וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים יִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּ עֲלֵ֤י ׀ אָדָ֬ם רָֽב׃ אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ הֵן־פָּרַ֣שׂ עָלָ֣יו אוֹר֑וֹ וְשׇׁרְשֵׁ֖י הַיָּ֣ם כִּסָּֽה׃ כִּֽי־בָ֭ם יָדִ֣ין עַמִּ֑ים יִֽתֶּן־אֹ֥כֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר וַיְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣יהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃
English Translation
Then Elihu spoke once more. Wait a little and let me hold forth;
There is still more to say for God. I will make my opinions widely known;
I will justify my Maker. In truth, my words are not false;
Someone of sound opinions is before you. See, God is mighty, but not contemptuous—
Mighty in strength and mind— Not letting the wicked live,
granting justice to the lowly. God’s eyes are trained upon the righteous,
And upon kings on thrones;
For they are seated forever, and exalted. If they are bound in shackles
And caught in trammels of affliction, [God] declares to them what they have done,
And that their transgressions are excessive— Opening their understanding by discipline,
And ordering them back from mischief. If they will serve obediently,
They shall spend their days in happiness,
Their years in delight. But if they are not obedient,
They shall perish by the sword,
Die for lack of understanding. But the impious in heart become enraged;
They do not cry for help when afflicted. They die in their youth;
[Expire] among the depraved. Rescuing the lowly from their affliction,
[God] opens their understanding through distress. Indeed, you are drawn away from the brink of distress
To a broad place where there is no constraint;
Your table is laid out with rich food. You are obsessed with the case of someone wicked,
But the justice of the case will be upheld. Let anger at his affluence not mislead you;
Let much bribery not turn you aside. Will your limitless wealth avail you,aWill your limitless wealth avail you Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
All your powerful efforts? Do not long for the night
When peoples vanish where they are. Beware! Do not turn to mischief;
Because of that you have been tried by affliction. See, God is beyond reach in divine power;
Who governs like this? Who ever reproached [God] on account of conduct?
Who ever said, “You have done wrong”? Remember, then, to magnify God’s work,
Of which humankind has sung, Which all have beheld,
Mortals have seen, from a distance. See, God is greater than we can know—
Whose age in years cannot be counted— Who forms the droplets of water,
Which cluster into rain, from celestial mist. The skies rain;
They pour down on all humankind. Can one, indeed, contemplate the expanse of clouds,
The thunderings from God’s pavilion? See, with the lightning spread over it,
It fills the bed of the sea. By these things peoples are controlled;
Food is given in abundance. Lightning fills God’s hands,
Who orders it to hit the mark. Its noise tells of its Source.
The kindling of anger against iniquity.bThe kindling of anger against iniquity Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
There is still more to say for God. I will make my opinions widely known;
I will justify my Maker. In truth, my words are not false;
Someone of sound opinions is before you. See, God is mighty, but not contemptuous—
Mighty in strength and mind— Not letting the wicked live,
granting justice to the lowly. God’s eyes are trained upon the righteous,
And upon kings on thrones;
For they are seated forever, and exalted. If they are bound in shackles
And caught in trammels of affliction, [God] declares to them what they have done,
And that their transgressions are excessive— Opening their understanding by discipline,
And ordering them back from mischief. If they will serve obediently,
They shall spend their days in happiness,
Their years in delight. But if they are not obedient,
They shall perish by the sword,
Die for lack of understanding. But the impious in heart become enraged;
They do not cry for help when afflicted. They die in their youth;
[Expire] among the depraved. Rescuing the lowly from their affliction,
[God] opens their understanding through distress. Indeed, you are drawn away from the brink of distress
To a broad place where there is no constraint;
Your table is laid out with rich food. You are obsessed with the case of someone wicked,
But the justice of the case will be upheld. Let anger at his affluence not mislead you;
Let much bribery not turn you aside. Will your limitless wealth avail you,aWill your limitless wealth avail you Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
All your powerful efforts? Do not long for the night
When peoples vanish where they are. Beware! Do not turn to mischief;
Because of that you have been tried by affliction. See, God is beyond reach in divine power;
Who governs like this? Who ever reproached [God] on account of conduct?
Who ever said, “You have done wrong”? Remember, then, to magnify God’s work,
Of which humankind has sung, Which all have beheld,
Mortals have seen, from a distance. See, God is greater than we can know—
Whose age in years cannot be counted— Who forms the droplets of water,
Which cluster into rain, from celestial mist. The skies rain;
They pour down on all humankind. Can one, indeed, contemplate the expanse of clouds,
The thunderings from God’s pavilion? See, with the lightning spread over it,
It fills the bed of the sea. By these things peoples are controlled;
Food is given in abundance. Lightning fills God’s hands,
Who orders it to hit the mark. Its noise tells of its Source.
The kindling of anger against iniquity.bThe kindling of anger against iniquity Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
About This Text
Source
Job
Category
Tanach
Reference
Job 36
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