Job 527 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.5:1קְֽרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶֽה׃Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?5:2כִּֽי־לֶֽאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָֽה׃For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.5:3אֲֽנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.5:4יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.5:5אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ ׀ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָֽם׃Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.5:6כִּי ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָֽל׃For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;5:7כִּֽי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עֽוּף׃But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.5:8אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;5:9עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּֽר׃Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;5:10הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵֽחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֽוֹת׃Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;5:11לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.5:12מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.5:13לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָֽרָה׃He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.5:14יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁוּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.5:15וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.5:16וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.5:17הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּֽוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.5:18כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.5:19בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָֽע׃He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.5:20בְּרָעָב פָּֽדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָֽרֶב׃In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.5:21בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְֽלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֽוֹא׃Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.5:22לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּֽמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.5:23כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.5:24וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָֽא׃And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.5:25וְֽיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.5:26תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.5:27הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּֽן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃פLo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.← previousJob 4next →Job 6↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/5/