Job 4 - Interlinear Bible

Eliphaz: Innocent Do Not Suffer

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

r;ma{Y;w yin'myeT;h z;pyil/a !;[;Y;w

2 "If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient ? But who can refrain from speaking ?

yim !yiLim.B r{c.[;w h,a.liT '$y,lea r'b'd h'Sin]h ? l'k.Wy

3 "Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.

qeZ;x.T tw{p'r ~Iy;d'y.w ~yiB;r 'T.r;SIy heNih

4 "Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees.

#eM;a.T tw{[.r{K ~Iy;K.rib.W '$y,Lim !.Wmyiq.y levw{K

5 "But now it has come to you, and you are impatient ; It touches you, and you are dismayed.

'$y,d'[ [;GiT a,leT;w '$y,lea aw{b'T h'T;[ yiK ? leh'BiT;w

6 "Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope ?

'$y,k'r.D ~{t.w '$.t'w.qiT '$,t'l.siK '$.t'a.rIy a{l]h

7 "Remember now, who ever perished being innocent ? Or where were the upright destroyed ?

~yir'v.y h{pyea.w d'b'a yiq'n a.Wh yim a'n -r'k.z ? .Wd'x.kin

8 "According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.

.WhUr.c.qIy l'm'[ ye[.r{z.w !,w'a yev.r{x yityia'r r,v]a;K

9 "By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

.Wl.kIy w{P;a ;x.Wrem.W .Wdeba{y ;hw{l/a t;m.viNim

10 "The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

~yiryip.k yeNiv.w l;x'v lw{q.w hey.r;a t;g]a;v ? .W['Tin

11 "The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

.Wd'r'P.tIy ayib'l yen.b.W @,r'j -yil.Bim deb{a vIy;l

12 "Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it.

.Wh.n,m #,mev yin.z'a x;QiT;w b'NUg.y r'b'D y;lea.w

13 "Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

h'meD.r;T l{p.niB h'l.y'l tw{n{y.z,xem ~yiPi[.fiB ? ~yiv'n]a -l;[

14 Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake.

dyix.pih y;tw{m.c;[ b{r.w h'd'[.r.W yin;a'r.q d;x;P

15 "Then a spirit passed by my face ; The hair of my flesh bristled up.

yir'f.B t;r][;f reM;s.T @{l]x;y y;n'P -l;[ ;x.Wr.w

16 "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance ; A form was before my eyes ; There was silence, then I heard a voice :

d,g,n.l h'n.Wm.T .Whea.r;m ryiK;a -a{l.w d{m][;y ? ['m.v,a lw{q'w h'm'm.D y'nye[

17 'Can mankind be just before God ? Can a man be pure before his Maker ?

r,b'G -r;h.jIy .Whef{[em ]mia q'D.cIy ;hw{l/aem vw{n/a;h

18 ' He puts no trust even in His servants ; And against His angels He charges error.

~yif'y wy'k'a.l;m.b.W !yim]a;y a{l wy'd'b][;B !eh ? h'l\h'T

19 'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth !

~'dw{s.y r'p'[,B -r,v]a r,m{x -yeT'b yen.k{v @;a ? v'[ -yen.pil ~.Wa.K;d.y

20 ' Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces ; Unobserved *, they perish forever.

.Wdeba{y x;c,n'l ~yifem yil.Bim .WT;KUy b,r,['l r,q{Bim

21 'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.'

h'm.k'x.b a{l.w .Wt.Wm'y ~'B ~'r.tIy [;Sin -a{l]h

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