אִיּוֹב 15
Modern Hebrew BibleTranslation
Modern Hebrew Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ויען אליפז התימני ויאמר׃
1And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
2החכם יענה דעת רוח וימלא קדים בטנו׃
2Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
3הוכח בדבר לא יסכון ומלים לא יועיל בם׃
3Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
4אף אתה תפר יראה ותגרע שיחה לפני אל׃
4As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
5כי יאלף עונך פיך ותבחר לשון ערומים׃
5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
6ירשיעך פיך ולא אני ושפתיך יענו בך׃
6Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
7הראישון אדם תולד ולפני גבעות חוללת׃
7Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
8הבסוד אלוה תשמע ותגרע אליך חכמה׃
8Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
9מה ידעת ולא נדע תבין ולא עמנו הוא׃
9What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
10גם שב גם ישיש בנו כביר מאביך ימים׃
10There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
11המעט ממך תנחמות אל ודבר לאט עמך׃
11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
12מה יקחך לבך ומה ירזמון עיניך׃
12Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
13כי תשיב אל אל רוחך והצאת מפיך מלין׃
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
14מה אנוש כי יזכה וכי יצדק ילוד אשה׃
14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
15הן בקדשו לא יאמין ושמים לא זכו בעיניו׃
15Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
16אף כי נתעב ונאלח איש שתה כמים עולה׃
16How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
17אחוך שמע לי וזה חזיתי ואספרה׃
17I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
18אשר חכמים יגידו ולא כחדו מאבותם׃
18Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
19להם לבדם נתנה הארץ ולא עבר זר בתוכם׃
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
20כל ימי רשע הוא מתחולל ומספר שנים נצפנו לעריץ׃
20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
21קול פחדים באזניו בשלום שודד יבואנו׃
21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
22לא יאמין שוב מני חשך וצפו הוא אלי חרב׃
22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
23נדד הוא ללחם איה ידע כי נכון בידו יום חשך׃
23When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24יבעתהו צר ומצוקה תתקפהו כמלך עתיד לכידור׃
24Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
25כי נטה אל אל ידו ואל שדי יתגבר׃
25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
26ירוץ אליו בצואר בעבי גבי מגניו׃
26He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
27כי כסה פניו בחלבו ויעש פימה עלי כסל׃
27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
28וישכון ערים נכחדות בתים לא ישבו למו אשר התעתדו לגלים׃
28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
29לא יעשר ולא יקום חילו ולא יטה לארץ מנלם׃
29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
30לא יסור מני חשך ינקתו תיבש שלהבת ויסור ברוח פיו׃
30He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
31אל יאמן בשו נתעה כי שוא תהיה תמורתו׃
31He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
32בלא יומו תמלא וכפתו לא רעננה׃
32Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
33יחמס כגפן בסרו וישלך כזית נצתו׃
33He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
34כי עדת חנף גלמוד ואש אכלה אהלי שחד׃
34For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
35הרה עמל וילד און ובטנם תכין מרמה׃
35He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
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