Job 20
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1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
1ויען צפר הנעמתי ויאמר׃
2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
2לכן שעפי ישיבוני ובעבור חושי בי׃
3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
3מוסר כלמתי אשמע ורוח מבינתי יענני׃
4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
4הזאת ידעת מני עד מני שים אדם עלי ארץ׃
5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
5כי רננת רשעים מקרוב ושמחת חנף עדי רגע׃
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
6אם יעלה לשמים שיאו וראשו לעב יגיע׃
7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
7כגללו לנצח יאבד ראיו יאמרו איו׃
8He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
8כחלום יעוף ולא ימצאוהו וידד כחזיון לילה׃
9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
9עין שזפתו ולא תוסיף ולא עוד תשורנו מקומו׃
10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
10בניו ירצו דלים וידיו תשבנה אונו׃
11His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
11עצמותיו מלאו עלומו ועמו על עפר תשכב׃
12“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
12אם תמתיק בפיו רעה יכחידנה תחת לשונו׃
13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
13יחמל עליה ולא יעזבנה וימנענה בתוך חכו׃
14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
14לחמו במעיו נהפך מרורת פתנים בקרבו׃
15He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
15חיל בלע ויקאנו מבטנו יורשנו אל׃
16He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
16ראש פתנים יינק תהרגהו לשון אפעה׃
17He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
17אל ירא בפלגות נהרי נחלי דבש וחמאה׃
18He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
18משיב יגע ולא יבלע כחיל תמורתו ולא יעלס׃
19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
19כי רצץ עזב דלים בית גזל ולא יבנהו׃
20“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
20כי לא ידע שלו בבטנו בחמודו לא ימלט׃
21There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
21אין שריד לאכלו על כן לא יחיל טובו׃
22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
22במלאות שפקו יצר לו כל יד עמל תבואנו׃
23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
23יהי למלא בטנו ישלח בו חרון אפו וימטר עלימו בלחומו׃
24He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
24יברח מנשק ברזל תחלפהו קשת נחושה׃
25He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
25שלף ויצא מגוה וברק ממררתו יהלך עליו אמים׃
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
26כל חשך טמון לצפוניו תאכלהו אש לא נפח ירע שריד באהלו׃
27The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
27יגלו שמים עונו וארץ מתקוממה לו׃
28The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
28יגל יבול ביתו נגרות ביום אפו׃
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
29זה חלק אדם רשע מאלהים ונחלת אמרו מאל׃
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