אִיּוֹב 23
Modern Hebrew BibleTranslation
Modern Hebrew Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1ויען איוב ויאמר׃
1Then Job answered, and said:
2גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃
2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
3מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃
3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
4אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃
4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
5אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃
5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃
6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
7שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃
7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
8הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃
8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
9שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃
9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
10כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃
10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
11באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃
11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
12מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃
12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
13והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃
13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
14כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃
14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
15על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃
15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
16ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃
16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
17כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃
17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
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