איוב ד׳
Job 4
Hebrew
וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ תִּלְאֶ֑ה וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל׃ הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ כּ֭וֹשֵׁל יְקִימ֣וּן מִלֶּ֑יךָ וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם כֹּרְע֣וֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ כִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה ׀ תָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַתֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ הֲלֹ֣א יִ֭רְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ וְתֹ֣ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ זְכׇר־נָ֗א מִ֤י ה֣וּא נָקִ֣י אָבָ֑ד וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה יְשָׁרִ֥ים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַּ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃ שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ וְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אׇ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃ בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ פַּ֣חַד קְ֭רָאַנִי וּרְעָדָ֑ה וְרֹ֖ב עַצְמוֹתַ֣י הִפְחִֽיד׃ וְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ הַ֭אֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱל֣וֹהַּ יִצְדָּ֑ק אִ֥ם מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃ הֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תׇּהֳלָֽה׃ אַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃ מִבֹּ֣קֶר לָעֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָנֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחׇכְמָֽה׃
English Translation
Then Eliphaz the Temanite said in reply: If one ventures a word with you, will it be too much?
But who can hold back his words? See, you have encouraged many;
You have strengthened failing hands. Your words have kept him who stumbled from falling;
You have braced knees that gave way. But now that it overtakes you, it is too much;
It reaches you, and you are unnerved. Is not your piety your confidence,
Your integrity your hope? Think now, what innocent ever perished?
Where have the upright been destroyed? As I have seen, those who plow evil
And sow mischief reap them. They perish by a blast from the divine,
Are gone at the breath of God’s nostrils. The lion may roar, the cub may howl,
But the teeth of the king of beasts are broken.aare broken Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And its whelps are scattered. A word came to me in stealth;
My ear caught a whisper of it. In thought-filled visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on everyone, Fear and trembling came upon me,
Causing all my bones to quake with fright. A wind passed by me,
Making the hair of my flesh bristle. It halted; its appearance was strange to me;
A form loomed before my eyes;
I heard a murmur, a voice, “Can a mortal be acquitted by God?
Can a man be cleared by his Maker? If God’s own servants cannot be trusted,
And angels receive reproach,breproach Meaning of Heb. uncertain. How much less those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose origin is dust,
Who are crushed like the moth, Shattered between daybreak and evening,
Perishing forever, unnoticed. Their cord is pulled up
And they die, and not with wisdom.”
But who can hold back his words? See, you have encouraged many;
You have strengthened failing hands. Your words have kept him who stumbled from falling;
You have braced knees that gave way. But now that it overtakes you, it is too much;
It reaches you, and you are unnerved. Is not your piety your confidence,
Your integrity your hope? Think now, what innocent ever perished?
Where have the upright been destroyed? As I have seen, those who plow evil
And sow mischief reap them. They perish by a blast from the divine,
Are gone at the breath of God’s nostrils. The lion may roar, the cub may howl,
But the teeth of the king of beasts are broken.aare broken Meaning of Heb. uncertain. The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And its whelps are scattered. A word came to me in stealth;
My ear caught a whisper of it. In thought-filled visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on everyone, Fear and trembling came upon me,
Causing all my bones to quake with fright. A wind passed by me,
Making the hair of my flesh bristle. It halted; its appearance was strange to me;
A form loomed before my eyes;
I heard a murmur, a voice, “Can a mortal be acquitted by God?
Can a man be cleared by his Maker? If God’s own servants cannot be trusted,
And angels receive reproach,breproach Meaning of Heb. uncertain. How much less those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose origin is dust,
Who are crushed like the moth, Shattered between daybreak and evening,
Perishing forever, unnoticed. Their cord is pulled up
And they die, and not with wisdom.”
About This Text
Source
Job
Category
Tanach
Reference
Job 4
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