The Book of Job, Chapter 15איוב 15

וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽוֹ

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

הוֹכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא יוֹעִ֥יל בָּֽם

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

אַף אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי אֵֽל

Yea, you castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֺנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשׁ֣וֹן עֲרוּמִֽים

For your mouth uttereth your iniquity, and you choosest the tongue of the crafty.

יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ בָֽךְ

Your own mouth condemneth you, and not I: yea, your own lips testify against you.

הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹן אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ

you the first man was born? or wast you made before the hills?

הַבְס֣וֹד אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה

Hast you heard the secret of God? and dost you restrain wisdom to thyself?

מַה יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא

What knowest you, that we know not? understandest you, which not in us?

גַּם שָׂ֣ב גַּם יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים

With us both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than your father.

הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ

the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you?

מַה יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ

Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,

כִּֽי תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין

That you turnest your spirit against God, and lettest words go out of your mouth?

מָֽה אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה

What man, that he should be clean? and born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

הֵ֣ן בקדשו בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

אַ֭ף כִּֽי נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה

How much more abominable and filthy man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

אֲחַוְךָ֥ שְֽׁמַֽע לִ֑י וְזֶֽה חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה

I will shew you, hear me; and that I have seen I will declare;

אֲשֶׁר חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם

Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid :

לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתוֹכָֽם

To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

כָּל יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ

The wicked man travaileth with pain all days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

קוֹל פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ

A dreadful sound in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

לֹא יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וצפו וְצָפ֖וּי ה֣וּא אֱלֵי חָֽרֶב

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע כִּֽי נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ יֽוֹם חֹֽשֶׁךְ

He wandereth abroad for bread, , Where ? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

כִּֽי נָטָ֣ה אֶל אֵ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וְאֶל שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו

He runneth upon him, on neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

כִּֽי כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי כָֽסֶל

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on flanks.

וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים

And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

לֹֽא יֶ֭עְשַׁר וְלֹא יָק֣וּם חֵיל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

לֹֽא יָס֨וּר מִנִּי חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

אַל יַאֲמֵ֣ן בשו בַּשָּׁ֣יו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

בְּֽלֹא י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְר֑וֹ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֽוֹ

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

כִּֽי עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי שֹֽׁחַד

For the congregation of hypocrites desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.