DB1 | THE FIRST DIALOGUE. Jb.4.1-14.22. Eliphaz. Jb.4.1-5.27 | KNSB Contents | notes| 4 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 4 1 | Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: | THE FIRST DIALOGUE. Jb.4.1-14.22. Eliphaz. Jb.4.1-5.27 | וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר׃ |
| 2 | "If one ventures a word with you, will you be offended? Yet who can keep from speaking? | הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָל׃ | |
| 3 | Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. | הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפֹות תְּחַזֵּק׃ | |
| 4 | Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have made firm the feeble knees. | כֹּושֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעֹות תְּאַמֵּץ׃ | |
| 5 | But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed. | כִּי עַתָּה תָּבֹוא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵל׃ | |
| 6 | Is not your fear of God your confidence, and the integrity of your ways your hope? | הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶיךָ׃ | |
| 7 | "Think now, who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off? | זְכָר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָדוּ׃ | |
| 8 | As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. | כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻהוּ׃ | |
| 9 | By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. | מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלֹוהַ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפֹּו יִכְלוּ׃ | |
| 10 | The roar of the lion, the voice of the fierce lion, the teeth of the young lions, are broken. | שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקֹול שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּעוּ׃ | |
| 11 | The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered. | לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ׃ | |
| 12 | "Now a word was brought to me stealthily, my ear received the whisper of it. | וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶנְהוּ׃ | |
| 13 | Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, | בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנֹות לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁים׃ | |
| 14 | dread came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake. | פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמֹותַי הִפְחִיד׃ | |
| 15 | A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up. | וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִי׃ | |
| 16 | It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: | יַעֲמֹד וְלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקֹול אֶשְׁמָע׃ | |
| 17 | 'Can mortal man be righteous before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? | הַאֱנֹושׁ מֵאֱלֹוהַ יִצְדָּק אִמ מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר־גָּבֶר׃ | |
| 18 | Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error; | הֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תָּהֳלָה׃ | |
| 19 | how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth. | אַף שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי־חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָר יְסֹודָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי־עָשׁ׃ | |
| 20 | Between morning and evening they are destroyed; they perish for ever without any regarding it. | מִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵדוּ׃ | |
| 21 | If their tent-cord is plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom? | הֲלֹא־נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחָכְמָה׃ | |
| 5 1 | "Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? | קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עֹונֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁימ תִּפְנֶה׃ | |
| 2 | Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple. | כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה׃ | |
| 3 | I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling. | אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקֹּוב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם׃ | |
| 4 | His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them. | יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל׃ | |
| 5 | His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth. | אֲשֶׁר קְצִירֹו רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם׃ | |
| 6 | For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground; | כִּי לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל׃ | |
| 7 | but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. | כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף׃ | |
| 8 | "As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause; | אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי׃ | |
| 9 | who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number: | עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר׃ | |
| 10 | he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields; | הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצֹות׃ | |
| 11 | he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. | לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרֹום וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע׃ | |
| 12 | He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. | מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבֹות עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה׃ | |
| 13 | He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. | לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְםָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה׃ | |
| 14 | They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night. | יֹוםָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם׃ | |
| 15 | But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty. | וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיֹון׃ | |
| 16 | So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. | וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ׃ | |
| 17 | "Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. | הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יֹוכִחֶנּוּ אֱלֹוהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס׃ | |
| 18 | For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal. | כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ כ= וְיָדֹו ק= וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּינָה׃ | |
| 19 | He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you. | בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרֹות יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע׃ | |
| 20 | In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. | בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב׃ | |
| 21 | You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. | בְּשֹׁוט לָשֹׁון תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבֹוא׃ | |
| 22 | At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. | לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא׃ | |
| 23 | For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. | כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ׃ | |
| 24 | You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. | וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלֹום אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא׃ | |
| 25 | You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. | וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ׃ | |
| 26 | You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season. | תָּבֹוא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלֹות גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתֹּו׃ | |
| 27 | Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your own good." | הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃ ף | |