איוב ה׳
Job 5
Hebrew
קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃ כִּֽי־לֶ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃ אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃ יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃ אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ ׀ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃ כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל׃ כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃ אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝֗יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃ לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥נָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃ לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעׇרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃ וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥ו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃ בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹֽא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃ בְּֽ֭רָעָב פָּדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב׃ בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃ לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃ כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃ וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁל֣וֹם אׇהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ֗ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא׃ וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ הִנֵּה־זֹ֖את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃ {פ}
English Translation
Call now! Will anyone answer you?
To whom among the holy beings will you turn? Vexation kills the fool;
Passion slays the simpleton. I myself saw a fool who had struck roots;
Impulsively, I cursed his home: May his children be far from success;
May they be oppressed in the gate with none to deliver them; May the hungry devour his harvest,
Carrying it off in baskets;
May the thirsty swallow their wealth.aCarrying … wealth Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Evil does not grow out of the soil,
Nor does mischief spring from the ground; For people are born to [do] mischief,
Just as sparks fly upward. But I would resort to God;
I would lay my case before God, Who performs great deeds that cannot be fathomed,
Wondrous things without number; Who gives rain to the earth,
And sends water over the fields; Who raises the lowly up high,
So that the dejected are secure in victory; Who thwarts the designs of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot gain success; Who traps the clever in their own wiles;
The plans of the crafty go awry. By day they encounter darkness,
At noon they grope as in the night. But [God] saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
From the clutches of the strong. So there is hope for the wretched;
The mouth of wrongdoing is stopped. bEliphaz advises Job specifically. See how happy is the person whom God reproves;
Do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. [God] injures, but also binds up;
God’s hands wound, but also heal. You will be delivered from six troubles;
In seven no harm will reach you: In famine you will be redeemed from death,
In war, from the sword. You will be sheltered from the scourging tongue;
You will have no fear when violence comes. You will laugh at violence and starvation,
And have no fear of wild beasts. For you will have a pact with the rocks in the field,
And the beasts of the field will be your allies. You will know that all is well in your tent;
When you visit your wifecwife Lit. “home.” you will never fail. You will see that your offspring are many,
Your descendants like the grass of the earth. You will come to the grave in ripe old age,din ripe old age Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
As shocks of grain are taken away in their season. See, we have inquired into this and it is so;
Hear it and accept it.
To whom among the holy beings will you turn? Vexation kills the fool;
Passion slays the simpleton. I myself saw a fool who had struck roots;
Impulsively, I cursed his home: May his children be far from success;
May they be oppressed in the gate with none to deliver them; May the hungry devour his harvest,
Carrying it off in baskets;
May the thirsty swallow their wealth.aCarrying … wealth Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Evil does not grow out of the soil,
Nor does mischief spring from the ground; For people are born to [do] mischief,
Just as sparks fly upward. But I would resort to God;
I would lay my case before God, Who performs great deeds that cannot be fathomed,
Wondrous things without number; Who gives rain to the earth,
And sends water over the fields; Who raises the lowly up high,
So that the dejected are secure in victory; Who thwarts the designs of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot gain success; Who traps the clever in their own wiles;
The plans of the crafty go awry. By day they encounter darkness,
At noon they grope as in the night. But [God] saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
From the clutches of the strong. So there is hope for the wretched;
The mouth of wrongdoing is stopped. bEliphaz advises Job specifically. See how happy is the person whom God reproves;
Do not reject the discipline of the Almighty. [God] injures, but also binds up;
God’s hands wound, but also heal. You will be delivered from six troubles;
In seven no harm will reach you: In famine you will be redeemed from death,
In war, from the sword. You will be sheltered from the scourging tongue;
You will have no fear when violence comes. You will laugh at violence and starvation,
And have no fear of wild beasts. For you will have a pact with the rocks in the field,
And the beasts of the field will be your allies. You will know that all is well in your tent;
When you visit your wifecwife Lit. “home.” you will never fail. You will see that your offspring are many,
Your descendants like the grass of the earth. You will come to the grave in ripe old age,din ripe old age Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
As shocks of grain are taken away in their season. See, we have inquired into this and it is so;
Hear it and accept it.
About This Text
Source
Job
Category
Tanach
Reference
Job 5
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