Job 1535 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.15:1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:15:2הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת־רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?15:3הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?15:4אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.15:5כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.15:6יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.15:7הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?15:8הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָֽה׃Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?15:9מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?15:10גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.15:11הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?15:12מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink?15:13כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth.15:14מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִֽי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?15:15הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.15:16אַף כִּֽי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water!15:17אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —15:18אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִֽחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it;15:19לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.15:20כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.15:21קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.15:22לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.15:23נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.15:24יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.15:25כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;15:26יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers.15:27כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;15:28וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.15:29לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.15:30לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.15:31אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.15:32בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.15:33יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.15:34כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.15:35הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹדאָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃סThey conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.← previousJob 14next →Job 16↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/15/