Job 5

קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ ׀ רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל׃

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃

He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ (וידו) [וְיָדָ֥יו] תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃

He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

בְּ֭רָעָב פָּֽדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב׃

In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽךְ׃

For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁל֣וֹם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא׃

You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

הִנֵּה־זֹ֭את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.