Job 6
1 Then Job answered and said,
| ויען איוב ויאמר |
2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
| לו--שקול ישקל כעשי והיתי (והותי) במאזנים ישאו-יחד |
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: therefore have my words been rash.
| כי-עתה--מחול ימים יכבד על-כן דברי לעו |
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
| כי חצי שדי עמדי--אשר חמתם שתה רוחי בעותי אלוה יערכוני |
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
| הינהק-פרא עלי-דשא אם יגעה-שור על-בלילו |
6 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
| היאכל תפל מבלי-מלח אם-יש-טעם בריר חלמות |
7 My soul refuseth to touch [them]; they are as loathsome meat to me.
| מאנה לנגוע נפשי המה כדוי לחמי |
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for.
| מי-יתן תבוא שאלתי ותקותי יתן אלוה |
9 Even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
| ויאל אלוה וידכאני יתר ידו ויבצעני |
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain that spareth not: for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
| ותהי-עוד נחמתי-- ואסלדה בחילה לא יחמול כי-לא כחדתי אמרי קדוש |
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, at I should be patient?
| מה-כחי כי-איחל ומה-קצי כי-אאריך נפשי |
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
| אם-כח אבנים כחי אם-בשרי נחוש |
13 Is it not that I have no help in me, and that effectual working is driven quite from me?
| האם אין עזרתי בי ותשיה נדחה ממני |
14 To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be shewed] from his friend; even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
| למס מרעהו חסד ויראת שדי יעזוב |
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
| אחי בגדו כמו-נחל כאפיק נחלים יעברו |
16 Which are black by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow hideth itself:
| הקדרים מני-קרח עלימו יתעלם-שלג |
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
| בעת יזרבו נצמתו בחמו נדעכו ממקומם |
18 The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; they go up into the waste, and perish.
| ילפתו ארחות דרכם יעלו בתהו ויאבדו |
19 The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
| הביטו ארחות תמא הליכת שבא קוו-למו |
20 They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
| בשו כי-בטח באו עדיה ויחפרו |
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
| כי-עתה הייתם לא תראו חתת ותיראו |
22 Did I say, Give unto me? or, offer a present for me of your substance?
| הכי-אמרתי הבו לי ומכחכם שחדו בעדי |
23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
| ומלטוני מיד-צר ומיד עריצים תפדוני |
24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
| הורוני ואני אחריש ומה-שגיתי הבינו לי |
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! but what doth your arguing reprove?
| מה-נמרצו אמרי-ישר ומה-יוכיח הוכח מכם |
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words? seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind.
| הלהוכח מלים תחשבו ולרוח אמרי נואש |
27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
| אף-על-יתום תפילו ותכרו על-ריעכם |
28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
| ועתה הואילו פנו-בי ועל-פניכם אם-אכזב |
29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
| שובו-נא אל-תהי עולה ושבי (ושבו) עוד צדקי-בה |
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
| היש-בלשוני עולה אם-חכי לא-יבין הוות |
