Job 2029 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.20:1וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:20:2לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי׃Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.20:3מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.20:4הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,20:5כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?20:6אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ׃Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;20:7כְּֽגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ׃Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'20:8כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה׃He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.20:9עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.20:10בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.20:11עַצְמוֹתָיו מָלְאוּ עֲלוּמָיו וְעִמּוֹ עַל־עָפָר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.20:12אִם־תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה יַכְחִידֶנָּה תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֽוֹ׃Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;20:13יַחְמֹל עָלֶיהָ וְלֹא יַֽעַזְבֶנָּה וְיִמְנָעֶנָּה בְּתוֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;20:14לַחְמוֹ בְּמֵעָיו נֶהְפָּךְ מְרוֹרַת פְּתָנִים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.20:15חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ מִבִּטְנוֹ יוֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵֽל׃He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.20:16רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים יִינָק תַּֽהַרְגֵהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֶפְעֶֽה׃He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.20:17אַל־יֵרֶא בִפְלַגּוֹת נַהֲרֵי נַחֲלֵי דְּבַשׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.20:18מֵשִׁיב יָגָע וְלֹא יִבְלָע כְּחֵיל תְּמוּרָתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲלֹֽס׃That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.20:19כִּֽי־רִצַּץ עָזַב דַּלִּים בַּיִת גָּזַל וְלֹא יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.20:20כִּי ׀ לֹא־יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ בַּחֲמוּדוֹ לֹא יְמַלֵּֽט׃Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,20:21אֵין־שָׂרִיד לְאָכְלוֹ עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יָחִיל טוּבֽוֹ׃There was nothing left that he devoured not — therefore his prosperity shall not endure.20:22בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל־יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.20:23יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּוֹחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.20:24יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.20:25שָׁלַף וַיֵּצֵא מִגֵּוָה וּבָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתוֹ יַהֲלֹךְ עָלָיו אֵמִֽים׃He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.20:26כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ טָמוּן לִצְפּוּנָיו תְּאָכְלֵהוּ אֵשׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּח יֵרַע שָׂרִיד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.20:27יְגַלּוּ שָׁמַיִם עֲוֺנוֹ וְאֶרֶץ מִתְקוֹמָמָה לֽוֹ׃The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.20:28יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.20:29זֶה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִים וְנַחֲלַת אִמְרוֹ מֵאֵֽל׃פThis is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.← previousJob 19next →Job 21↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/20/