Job 19

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Job answered:

Then Job answered and said,

עַד־אָ֭נָה תּוֹגְי֣וּן נַפְשִׁ֑י וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי בְמִלִּֽים׃

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

זֶ֤ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּ֭עָמִים תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי לֹֽא־תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃

Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃

Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

כְּ֭בוֹדִי מֵעָלַ֣י הִפְשִׁ֑יט וַ֝יָּ֗סַר עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃

He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

יַ֤חַד ׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃

His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃

My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

לְעַבְדִּ֣י קָ֭רָאתִי וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה בְּמוֹ־פִ֝֗י אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃

Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵ֣י סוֹדִ֑י וְזֶֽה־אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

בְּעוֹרִ֣י וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑י וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

לָ֭מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

וַאֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִי חָ֑י וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם׃

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן (שדין) [שַׁדּֽוּן] ׃

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.