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Job

Chapter 35
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֥'an 'eliyh֗u vayּo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Elihu said:

וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): ha֭zo't chashsha֣betּa lemishshepּa֑t 'a֝ma֗retּa tzideqi֥y me'eֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right before God.'"

הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-to֭'mar mah-yּisekּan-la֑ke maֽh-'o֝'i֗yl meֽchatּa'tiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Yet you ask him, 'What profit is it to me, and what do I gain by not sinning?'"

כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֭niy 'ashshiֽybeka֣ milּi֑yn veֽ'et-re'e֥yka 'imּaֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you."

אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): habּe֣t shshama֣yim ure'e֑h veshsh֥ur shshe֝chaqi֗ym gּabeh֥u mimּeֽkּa׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you."

הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-cha֭ta'ta mah-tּipe'al-bּ֑o verabּ֥u pe֝shsha'e֗yka mah-tּa'ashseh-lּֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?"

אִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּ֑וֹ וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-tza֭daqetּa mah-tּitּen-l֑o '֥o mah-miyּadeka֥ yiqּaֽch׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?"

אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): le'iyshsh-kּam֥oka rishshe'e֑ka uleben-'a֝da֗m tzideqateֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other mortals."

לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): me֭rob 'ashshuqi֣ym yaze'i֑yqu yeshshaue'֖u mizּer֣o'a rabּiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful."

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽlo'-'ama֗r 'a֭yּeh 'el֣ohּa 'oshsa֑y note֖n zemir֣ot bּalּaֽyelah׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,"

וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): ma֭lּepenu mibּaham֣ot 'a֑retz ume'֖op hashshּama֣yim yechakּemeֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?'"

מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsha֣m yi֭tze'aqu velo֣ ya'ane֑h mi֝pּene֗y gּe'֣on ra'iֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked."

שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): ake-shsha֭ve lo'-yishshema֥ ׀ 'e֑l ve֝shshadּa֗y lo֣ yeshshureֽnּah׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea; the Almighty pays no attention to it."

אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֣p kּiֽy-to֭'mar lo֣ teshshure֑nּu dּi֥yn le֝pana֗yv utech֥oleֽl lֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"How much less, then, when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,"

אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'atּa֗h kּiy-'a֭yin pּaqa֣d 'apּ֑o veloֽ'-yada֖ bּapּa֣shsh me'oֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take note of wickedness."

וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'iyּob he֣bel yipetzeh-pּi֑yhu bּibeliy-da֝֗'at milּi֥yn yakebּiֽr׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)"So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words."

וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃פ