Job 22
1 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said,
| ויען אליפז התמני ויאמר |
2 Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge?
| הלאל יסכן-גבר-- כי-יסכן עלימו משכיל |
3 For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in [thy] works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?
| החפץ לשדי כי תצדק ואם-בצע כי-תתם דרכיך |
4 Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee?
| המיראתך יכיחך יבוא עמך במשפט |
5 Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?
| הלא רעתך רבה ואין-קץ לעונתיך |
6 And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked.
| כי-תחבל אחיך חנם ובגדי ערומים תפשיט |
7 Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.
| לא-מים עיף תשקה ומרעב תמנע-לחם |
8 And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those [that were already settled] on the earth.
| ואיש זרוע לו הארץ ונשוא פנים ישב בה |
9 But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.
| אלמנות שלחת ריקם וזרעות יתמים ידכא |
10 Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee.
| על-כן סביבותיך פחים ויבהלך פחד פתאם |
11 The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.
| או-חשך לא-תראה ושפעת-מים תכסך |
12 Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?
| הלא-אלוה גבה שמים וראה ראש כוכבים כי-רמו |
13 And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?
| ואמרת מה-ידע אל הבעד ערפל ישפוט |
14 A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.
| עבים סתר-לו ולא יראה וחוג שמים יתהלך |
15 Wilt thou [not] mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
| הארח עולם תשמור-- אשר דרכו מתי-און |
16 who were seized before their time: their foundations [are as] an overflowing stream.
| אשר-קמטו ולא-עת נהר יוצק יסודם |
17 Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
| האמרים לאל סור ממנו ומה-יפעל שדי למו |
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.
| והוא מלא בתיהם טוב ועצת רשעים רחקה מני |
19 The righteous have seen [it], and laughed, and the blameless one has derided [them].
| יראו צדיקים וישמחו ונקי ילעג-למו |
20 Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their [property].
| אם-לא נכחד קימנו ויתרם אכלה אש |
21 Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.
| הסכן-נא עמו ושלם בהם תבואתך טובה |
22 And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
| קח-נא מפיו תורה ושים אמריו בלבבך |
23 And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast [thus] removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.
| אם-תשוב עד-שדי תבנה תרחיק עולה מאהלך |
24 Thou shalt lay up for thyself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Sophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent.
| ושית-על-עפר בצר ובצור נחלים אופיר |
25 So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.
| והיה שדי בצריך וכסף תועפות לך |
26 Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.
| כי-אז על-שדי תתענג ותשא אל-אלוה פניך |
27 And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee [power] to pay thy vows.
| תעתיר אליו וישמעך ונדריך תשלם |
28 And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths.
| ותגזר-אמר ויקם לך ועל-דרכיך נגה אור |
29 Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, [Man] has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.
| כי-השפילו ותאמר גוה ושח עינים יושע |
30 He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.
| ימלט אי-נקי ונמלט בבר כפיך |
