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Job

Chapter 11
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): va֭yּa'an tzopa֥r haֽnּa'amati֗y vayּo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): haro֣b dּe֭bariym lo֣ ye'ane֑h ve'im-'i֖yshsh shsepata֣yim yitzedּaֽq׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?"

הֲרֹ֣ב דְּ֭בָרִים לֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑ה וְאִם־אִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם יִצְדָּֽק׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּa֭dּeyka meti֣ym yachari֑yshshv va֝tּile'a֗g ve'e֣yn makeliֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?"

בַּ֭דֶּיךָ מְתִ֣ים יַחֲרִ֑ישׁו וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג וְאֵ֣ין מַכְלִֽם׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): va֭tּo'mer za֣ke liqechi֑y u֝ba֗r hayi֥ytiy be'eyneֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'"

וַ֭תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑י וּ֝בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ'ula֗m miֽy-yitּe֣n 'el֣ohּa dּabּe֑r veyipetּa֖ch shsepata֣yv 'imּaֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you"

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֱל֣וֹהַּ דַּבֵּ֑ר וְיִפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתָ֣יו עִמָּֽךְ׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): veyagּed-leka֨ ׀ tּaֽ'alum֣ot chakemah֮ kּiֽy-kipela֪yim leֽt֫ushshiyּa֥h veda֡ kּiֽy-yashshּe֥h leka֥ 'e֝l֗oha me'avoneֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin."

וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ֨ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹת חָכְמָה֮ כִּֽי־כִפְלַ֪יִם לְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥ה וְדַ֡ע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁ֥ה לְךָ֥ אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): hache֣qer 'el֣oha tּimetza֑ 'i֤m 'ad-tּakeli֖yt shshadּa֣y tּimetzaֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?"

הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): gּabehe֣y shsha֭mayim mah-tּipe'a֑l 'amuqּa֥h mi֝shshּe'֗ol mah-tּedaֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"They are higher than the heavens, what can you do? They are deeper than the depths, what can you know?"

גָּבְהֵ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָ֑ל עֲמֻקָּ֥ה מִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹל מַה־תֵּדָֽע׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): arukּa֣h me'e֣retz midּa֑hּ u֝rechaba֗h minּiy-yaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea."

אֲרֻכָּ֣ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִדָּ֑הּ וּ֝רְחָבָ֗ה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yachalo֥p veyasegּi֑yr ve֝yaqehi֗yl umi֣y yeshshiybeֽnּu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?"

אִם־יַחֲלֹ֥ף וְיַסְגִּ֑יר וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiy-h֭u yada֣ metey-shsha֑ve vayּare'-'a֝֗ven velo֣ yitebּonaֽn׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Surely he recognises deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?"

כִּי־ה֭וּא יָדַ֣ע מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וַיַּרְא־אָ֝֗וֶן וְלֹ֣א יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'i֣yshsh na֭bub yilּabe֑b ve'a֥yir pּe֝֗re 'ada֥m yiualeֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But a witless man will become wise only when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man."

וְאִ֣ישׁ נָ֭בוּב יִלָּבֵ֑ב וְעַ֥יִר פֶּ֝֗רֶא אָדָ֥ם יִוָּלֵֽד׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-'a֭tּa֗h hakiyn֣ota libּe֑ka uparashsetּa֖ 'ela֣yv kּapּeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,"

אִם־אַ֭תָּ֗ה הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ אֵלָ֣יו כַּפֶּֽךָ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-'a֣ven bּe֭yadeka harechiyqe֑hu ve'al-tּashshekּe֖n bּe'ohale֣yka 'avelaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,"

אִם־אָ֣וֶן בְּ֭יָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ן בְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָ עַוְלָֽה׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiy-'a֤z ׀ tּishsּa֣ pane֣yka mimּ֑um vehayi֥yta mu֝tza֗q velo֣ tiyraֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear."

כִּי־אָ֤ז ׀ תִּשָּׂ֣א פָנֶ֣יךָ מִמּ֑וּם וְהָיִ֥יתָ מֻ֝צָ֗ק וְלֹ֣א תִירָֽא׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiy-'a֭tּah 'ama֣l tּishshekּa֑ch kּema֖yim 'aber֣u tizekּoֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by."

כִּי־אַ֭תָּה עָמָ֣ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח כְּמַ֖יִם עָבְר֣וּ תִזְכֹּֽר׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): uֽ֭mitzּahorayim yaq֣um cha֑led tּa֝'u֗pah kּabּo֥qer tּiheyeֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Life will be brighter than the noonday, and darkness will become like morning."

וּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִם יָק֣וּם חָ֑לֶד תָּ֝עֻ֗פָה כַּבֹּ֥קֶר תִּהְיֶֽה׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): uֽ֭batachetּa kּiy-ye֣shsh tּiqeva֑h ve֝chaparetּa֗ labe֥tach tּishshekּaֽb׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety."

וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָבֶ֥טַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ֭rabatzetּa ve'e֣yn machari֑yd vechilּ֖u pane֣yka rabּiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favour."

וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'eyne֥y reshsha'i֗ym tּi֫kele֥ynah u֭manos 'aba֣d minehe֑m ve֝tiqevata֗m maֽpּach-naֽpeshsh׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath."

וְעֵינֵ֥י רְשָׁעִ֗ים תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָה וּ֭מָנוֹס אָבַ֣ד מִנְהֶ֑ם וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃פ