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וַיַּ֥עַן אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | Job 21:1 But Job answered and said, |
שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מֹועַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ | Job 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. |
שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃ | Job 21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. |
הֶ֭אָנֹכִי לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י וְאִם־מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי׃ | Job 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? |
פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהָשַׁ֑מּוּ וְשִׂ֖ימוּ יָ֣ד עַל־פֶּֽה׃ | Job 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. |
וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃ | Job 21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. |
מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃ | Job 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? |
זַרְעָ֤ם נָכֹ֣ון לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ | Job 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. |
בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁלֹ֣ום מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱלֹ֣והַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | Job 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. |
שֹׁורֹ֣ו עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָתֹ֗ו וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃ | Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ | Job 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. |
יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנֹּ֑ור וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְקֹ֣ול עוּגָֽב׃ | Job 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. |
יְכַלּ֣וּ בַטֹּ֣וב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁאֹ֣ול יֵחָֽתּוּ׃ | Job 21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. |
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃ | Job 21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. |
מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נֹּ֝ועִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בֹּֽו׃ | Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? |
הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃ | Job 21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. |
כַּמָּ֤ה׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֮עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימֹו אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפֹּֽו׃ | Job 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. |
יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃ | Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. |
אֱלֹ֗והַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו אֹונֹ֑ו יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃ | Job 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. |
יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּידֹ֑ו וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ | Job 21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצֹ֣ו בְּבֵיתֹ֣ו אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ | Job 21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? |
הַלְאֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד־דָּ֑עַת וְ֝ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפֹּֽוט׃ | Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. |
זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמֹּ֑ו כֻּ֝לֹּ֗ו שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃ | Job 21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. |
עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמֹותָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃ | Job 21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. |
וְזֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ מָרָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־אָ֝כַ֗ל בַּטֹּובָֽה׃ | Job 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. |
יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | Job 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. |
הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֹֽותֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמֹּ֗ות עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ | Job 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. |
כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל׀ מִשְׁכְּנֹ֬ות רְשָׁעִֽים׃ | Job 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? |
הֲלֹ֣א שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם עֹ֣ובְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם לֹ֣א תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃ | Job 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, |
כִּ֤י לְיֹ֣ום אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְיֹ֖ום עֲבָרֹ֣ות יוּבָֽלוּ׃ | Job 21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. |
מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד עַל־פָּנָ֣יו דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וְהֽוּא־עָ֝שָׂ֗ה מִ֣י יְשַׁלֶּם־לֹֽו׃ | Job 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? |
וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָרֹ֣ות יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֹֽוד׃ | Job 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. |
מָֽתְקוּ־לֹ֗ו רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשֹׁ֑וךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ | Job 21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. |
וְ֭אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃ | Job 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? |