Job 421 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.4:1וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:4:2הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָֽל׃If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?4:3הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.4:4כּוֹשֵׁליְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.4:5כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃But now it is come upon thee, and thou art weary; it toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.4:6הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, and thy hope the integrity of thy ways?4:7זְכָר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?4:8כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.4:9מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.4:10שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּֽעוּ׃The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.4:11לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.4:12וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃Now a word was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.4:13בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,4:14פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִֽיד׃Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.4:15וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַֽׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.4:16יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:4:17הַֽאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַ יִצְדָּק אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃'Shall mortal man be just before God? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?4:18הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תָּהֳלָֽה׃Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants, and His angels He chargeth with folly;4:19אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!4:20מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.4:21הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחָכְמָֽה׃Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'← previousJob 3next →Job 5↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/4/