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Job

Chapter 4
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): va֭yּa'an 'eliypa֥z haֽtּeymani֗y vayּo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): hanisּa֬h daba֣r 'ele֣yka tּile'e֑h va'etzo֥r bּe֝milּi֗yn mi֣y yukaֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?"

הֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ תִּלְאֶ֑ה וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): hi֭nּeh yisּa֣retּa rabּi֑ym veyada֖yim rap֣ot tּechazּeֽq׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands."

הִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּ֭oshshel yeqiym֣un milּe֑yka ubirekּa֖yim kּore'֣ot tּe'amּeֽtz׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees."

כּ֭וֹשֵׁל יְקִימ֣וּן מִלֶּ֑יךָ וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם כֹּרְע֣וֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y 'atּa֨h ׀ tּab֣o 'ele֣yka vatּe֑le tּigּa֥ 'a֝de֗yka vatּibּaheֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But now trouble comes to you, and you are impatient; it strikes you, and you are dismayed."

כִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה ׀ תָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַתֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): halo֣ yi֭re'ateka kּiselate֑ka tּi֝qevateka֗ veto֣m dּerakeֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?"

הֲלֹ֣א יִ֭רְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ וְתֹ֣ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): zekar-na֗ mi֤y h֣u naqi֣y 'aba֑d ve֝'eypo֗h yeshshari֥ym nikechaֽdu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Consider now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?"

זְכָר־נָ֗א מִ֤י ה֣וּא נָקִ֣י אָבָ֑ד וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה יְשָׁרִ֥ים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּa'ashshe֣r ra֭'iytiy cho֣reshshey 'a֑ven vezore'e֖y 'ama֣l yiqetzeruֽhu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"As I have observed, those who plough evil and those who sow trouble reap it."

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): minּishshema֣t 'el֣oha yo'be֑du umer֖ucha 'apּ֣o yikelֽu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are consumed."

מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsha'aga֣t 'a֭reyeh veq֣ol shsha֑chal veshshinּe֖y kepiyri֣ym nitּaֽ'u׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken."

שַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): la֭yishsh 'obe֣d mibּeliy-ta֑rep ubene֥y la֝bi֗y yitepּaraֽdu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered."

לַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'elay dּaba֣r yegunּa֑b vatּiqּa֥ch 'a֝zeni֗y shshe֣metz mֽenehֽu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it."

וְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אָ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּi֭shse'ipּiym mechezeyon֣ot la֑yelah bּinepo֥l tּa֝redּema֗h 'al-'anashshiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Amid disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,"

בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): pּa֣chad qe֭ra'aniy ure'ada֑h vero֖b 'atzemota֣y hipechiֽyd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake."

פַּ֣חַד קְ֭רָאַנִי וּרְעָדָ֑ה וְרֹ֖ב עַצְמוֹתַ֣י הִפְחִֽיד׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭rucha 'al-pּana֣y yachalo֑p tּe֝samּe֗r shsaֽ'ara֥t bּeshsariֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end."

וְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): ya'amo֤d ׀ veֽlo'-'akּi֬yr mare'e֗hu tּe֭munah lene֣ged 'eyna֑y dּemama֖h vaq֣ol 'eshshemaֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:"

יַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): haֽ֭'enoshsh me'el֣oha yitzedּa֑q 'i֥m me֝'oshse֗hu yitehar-gּaֽber׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?"

הַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱל֣וֹהַ יִצְדָּ֑ק אִ֥ם מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): he֣n bּa֭'abadayv lo֣ ya'ami֑yn u֝bemale'aka֗yv yashsi֥ym tּaholaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,"

הֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תָּהֳלָֽה׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֤p ׀ shshokene֬y baֽtּey-cho֗mer 'ashsher-bּe'apa֥r yesoda֑m ye֝dakּe'֗um lipeney-'aֽshsh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!"

אַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): mibּo֣qer la'e֣reb yukּa֑tּu mibּeli֥y me֝shsi֗ym lane֥tzach yo'beֽdu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever."

מִבֹּ֣קֶר לָעֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָנֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): halo'-nisּa֣ yitera֣m bּa֑m ya֝m֗utu velo֣ bechakemaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"'Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?'"

הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחָכְמָֽה׃