איוב 34 Job 34
1 וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּא [3/2] Revi'i
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ [1] Silluq
2 1 And Elihu answered [3/2]
and he said, [1]
2 שִׁמְע֣וּ חֲכָמִ֣ים [3] VDechi
מִלָּ֑י [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝יֹֽדְעִ֗ים [2] Revi'i Mugrash
הַֽאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 2 “Hear O wise [3]
my words; [2]
 
and who know, [2]
give ear to me. [1]
3 כִּי־אֹ֭זֶן [3] Dechi
מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
יִטְעַ֥ם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 3 For the ear, [3]
it tests words; [2]
 
as the palate, [2]
it tastes food. [1]
4 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ [2] Etnachta
 
נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ [2] VRevMug
מַה־טּֽוֹב׃ [1] Silluq
2 2 4 Justice let us choose for ourselves; [2]
 
let us recognize among ourselves [2]
what is good. [1]
5 כִּֽי־אָמַ֣ר אִיּ֣וֹב [3] VDechi
צָדַ֑קְתִּי [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝אֵ֗ל [2] Revi'i Mugrash
הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 5 For Job says, [3]
‘I am righteous; [2]
 
but God, [2]
he has taken away my right. [1]
6 עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב [2] Etnachta
 
אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י [2] VRevMug
בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃ [1] Silluq
2 2 6 In spite of my right I am counted a liar; [2]
 
my wound is incurable, [2]
though without transgression.’ [1]
7 מִי־גֶ֥בֶר כְּאִיּ֑וֹב [2] Etnachta
 
יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּ֥עַג כַּמָּֽיִם׃ [1] Silluq
2 7 What man is like Job; [2]
 
who drinks scorn like water, [1]
8 וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה [3] Dechi
עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת [2] Revi'i Mugrash
עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 8 and he goes in company [3]
with those who do evil; [2]
 
and walks [2]
with wicked men? [1]
9 כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר [3] Dechi
לֹ֣א יִסְכׇּן־גָּ֑בֶר [2] Etnachta
 
בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 9 For he has said, [3]
‘It is of no use to a man; [2]
 
that he should delight himself [2]
with God.’ [1]
10 לָכֵ֤ן ׀ [4] Mahpakh Legarmeh
אַ֥נְשֵׁ֥י לֵבָ֗ב [3] Revi'i
שִׁמְע֫וּ לִ֥י [2] Ole Veyored
 
חָלִ֖לָה לָאֵ֥ל מֵרֶ֗שַׁע [3/2] Revi'i
וְשַׁדַּ֥י מֵעָֽוֶל׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 2 10 “Therefore [4]
O men of understanding, [3]
listen to me; [2]
 
far be it to God from wickedness, [3/2]
and the Almighty from unrighteousness. [1]
11 כִּ֤י פֹ֣עַל אָ֭דָם [3] Dechi
יְשַׁלֶּם־ל֑וֹ [2] Etnachta
 
וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח אִ֝֗ישׁ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 11 For the work of a person [3]
he will repay to him; [2]
 
and according to the way of a person [2]
he will make him find. [1]
12 אַף־אׇמְנָ֗ם [3] Revi'i
אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לֹא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 12 Yes surely, [3]
God doesn't act wickedly; [2]
 
and the Almighty, [2]
he doesn't pervert justice. [1]
13 מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו [3] VDechi
אָ֑רְצָה [2] Etnachta
 
וּמִ֥י שָׂ֝֗ם [2] Revi'i Mugrash
תֵּבֵ֥ל כֻּלָּֽהּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 13 Who put him in charge [3]
of the earth? [2]
 
and who has appointed (him) [2]
(over) the whole world? [1]
14 אִם־יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣יו [3] VDechi
לִבּ֑וֹ [2] Etnachta
 
רוּח֥וֹ וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ [2] Revi'i Mugrash
אֵלָ֥יו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 14 If he sets on it [3]
his heart; [2]
 
his spirit and his breath [2]
he will gather to himself, [1]
15 יִגְוַ֣ע כׇּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר [3] VDechi
יָ֑חַד [2] Etnachta
 
וְ֝אָדָ֗ם [2] Revi'i Mugrash
עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 15 all flesh would perish [3]
together; [2]
 
and man [2]
to dust it would return. [1]
16 וְאִם־בִּ֥ינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּ֑את [2] Etnachta
 
הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָה [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לְק֣וֹל מִלָּֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 2 16 “And if (you have) understanding, hear this; [2]
 
give ear [2]
to the sound of my words. [1]
17 הַאַ֬ף שׂוֹנֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט [3] VDechi
יַחֲב֑וֹשׁ [2] Etnachta
 
וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר [2] VRevMug
תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 17 Also one who hates justice, [3]
will he govern? [2]
 
or the righteous and mighty one [2]
will you condemn as guilty? [1]
18 הַאֲמֹ֣ר לְמֶ֣לֶךְ [3] VDechi
בְּלִיָּ֑עַל [2] Etnachta
 
רָ֝שָׁ֗ע [2] Revi'i Mugrash
אֶל־נְדִיבִֽים׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 18 Who says to a king, [3]
‘Worthless person!’ [2]
 
or ‘Wicked one!’ [2]
to the noble? [1]
19 אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־נָשָׂ֨א ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
פְּנֵ֥י שָׂרִ֗ים [3] Revi'i
 
וְלֹ֣א נִכַּר־שׁ֭וֹעַ [3] Dechi
לִפְנֵי־דָ֑ל [2] Etnachta
 
כִּֽי־מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדָ֣יו [2] VRevMug
כֻּלָּֽם׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 3 2 19 Who doesn’t lift up [4]
the faces of princes, [3]
 
and he doesn't respect a noble person [3]
before the poor; [2]
 
for the work of his hands [2]
are all of them. [1]
20 רֶ֤גַע ׀ [4] Mahpakh Legarmeh
יָמֻתוּ֮ [3] Sinnor
וַחֲצ֢וֹת לָ֥֫יְלָה [2] Ole Veyored
 
יְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּ עָ֣ם [3] VDechi
וְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּ [2] Etnachta
 
וְיָסִ֥ירוּ אַ֝בִּ֗יר [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לֹ֣א בְיָֽד׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 2 3 2 20 In a moment [4]
they die, [3]
in the middle of the night; [2]
 
people are shaken [3]
and they pass away, [2]
 
and the mighty are taken away [2]
not by a hand. [1]
21 כִּֽי־עֵ֭ינָיו [3] Dechi
עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ [2] Etnachta
 
וְֽכׇל־צְעָדָ֥יו יִרְאֶֽה׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 21 “For his eyes [3]
are on the ways of man; [2]
 
and all his steps he sees. [1]
22 אֵֽין־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ [3] Dechi
וְאֵ֣ין צַלְמָ֑וֶת [2] Etnachta
 
לְהִסָּ֥תֶר שָׁ֝֗ם [2] Revi'i Mugrash
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 22 There is no darkness, [3]
nor thick gloom; [2]
 
to hide themselves there, [2]
those who do wickedness. [1]
23 כִּ֤י לֹ֣א עַל־אִ֭ישׁ [3] Dechi
יָשִׂ֣ים ע֑וֹד [2] Etnachta
 
לַהֲלֹ֥ךְ אֶל־אֵ֝֗ל [2] Revi'i Mugrash
בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 23 For not on a person [3]
will he consider further; [2]
 
that he should go before God [2]
in judgment. [1]
24 יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים [3] VDechi
לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר [2] Etnachta
 
וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים [2] VRevMug
תַּחְתָּֽם׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 24 He breaks mighty ones [3]
in ways past finding out; [2]
 
and he sets others [2]
in their place. [1]
25 לָכֵ֗ן [3] Revi'i
יַ֭כִּיר [3] Dechi
מַעְבָּדֵיהֶ֑ם [2] Etnachta
 
וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה [2] Revi'i Mugrash
וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 3 2 25 Therefore [3]
he is acquainted with [3]
their deeds; [2]
 
and he overthrows them in the night, [2]
and they are crushed. [1]
26 תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם [3/2] Revi'i
בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃ [1] Silluq
2 26 He strikes them as wicked men [3/2]
in the open sight of others, [1]
27 אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־כֵּ֭ן [3] Dechi
סָ֣רוּ מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו [2] Etnachta
 
וְכׇל־דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 27 because [3]
they turned away from following him; [2]
 
and all of his ways [2]
they wouldn’t consider, [1]
28 לְהָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו [3] Dechi
צַעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל [2] Etnachta
 
וְצַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים [2] VRevMug
יִשְׁמָֽע׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 28 causing to come to him [3]
the outcry of the poor; [2]
 
and the outcry of the afflicted, [2]
he heard. [1]
29 וְה֤וּא יַשְׁקִ֨ט ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
וּמִ֥י יַרְשִׁ֗עַ [3] Revi'i
 
וְיַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נִים [3] Dechi
וּמִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ [2] Etnachta
 
וְעַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־אָדָ֣ם [2] VRevMug
יָֽחַד׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 3 2 29 When he, he keeps quiet, [4]
who can condemn as guilty? [3]
 
When he hides (his) face, [3]
who can observe him? [2]
 
and over a nation and over a man [2]
alike, [1]
30 מִ֭מְּלֹךְ [3] Dechi
אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף [3/2] Revi'i
מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 30 from reigning [3]
a godless man, [3/2]
from snares of a people. [1]
31 כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵ֭ל [3] Dechi
הֶאָמַ֥ר נָשָׂ֗אתִי [3/2] Revi'i
לֹ֣א אֶחְבֹּֽל׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 31 “For to God [3]
has anyone said, ‘I am guilty, [3/2]
but I will not offend anymore, [1]
32 בִּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֶ֭חֱזֶה [3] Dechi
אַתָּ֣ה הֹרֵ֑נִי [2] Etnachta
 
אִֽם־עָ֥וֶל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לֹ֣א אֹסִֽיף׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 32 that which I don’t see [3]
O you instruct me; [2]
 
if unrighteousness I have done, [2]
I will do it no more’? [1]
33 הֲֽמֵעִמְּךָ֬ יְשַׁלְּמֶ֨נָּה ׀ [4] Azla Legarmeh
כִּֽי־מָאַ֗סְתָּ [3] Revi'i
 
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה תִבְחַ֣ר [3] VDechi
וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי [2] Etnachta
 
וּֽמַה־יָּדַ֥עְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 4 3 33 Should his recompense be on your terms [4]
because you reject it? [3]
 
But you, you must choose [3]
and not I; [2]
 
therefore declare what you know. [1]
34 אַנְשֵׁ֣י לֵ֭בָב [3] Dechi
יֹ֣אמְרוּ לִ֑י [2] Etnachta
 
וְגֶ֥בֶר חָ֝כָ֗ם [2] Revi'i Mugrash
שֹׁמֵ֥עַֽ לִֽי׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 34 Men of understanding, [3]
they will say to me; [2]
 
and a wise man [2]
who listens to me, [1]
35 אִ֭יּוֹב [3] Dechi
לֹא־בְדַ֣עַת יְדַבֵּ֑ר [2] Etnachta
 
וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו [2] Revi'i Mugrash
לֹ֣א בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 2 35 ‘Job, [3]
he speaks without knowledge; [2]
 
and his words [2]
are without insight.’ [1]
36 אָבִ֗י [3] Revi'i
יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב [3] VDechi
עַד־נֶ֑צַח [2] Etnachta
 
עַל־תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת [2] Revi'i Mugrash
בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃ [1] Silluq
2 3 3 2 36 I wish that [3]
Job would be tested [3]
forever; [2]
 
because of (his) answering [2]
like people of wickedness. [1]
37 כִּ֥י יֹ֘סִ֤יף עַֽל־חַטָּאת֣וֹ פֶ֭שַׁע [3] Dechi
בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ יִשְׂפּ֑וֹק [2] Etnachta
 
וְיֶ֖רֶב אֲמָרָ֣יו [2] VRevMug
לָאֵֽל׃ [1] Silluq
פ		 2 3 2 37 For he adds to his sin transgression. [3]
He claps (his hands) among us; [2]
 
and he multiplies his words [2]
against God.” [1]
end of Job 34