1
Then
answered Eliphaz the
Temanite, and
said,
r;ma{Y;w yin'myeT;h z;pyil/a !;[;Y;w
2
Should a wise
man utter vain knowledge, and
fill his
belly with the east
wind?
w{n.jiB ~yid'q aeL;myiw ;x.Wr -t;[;d h,n][;y ~'k'x,h
3
Should he
reason with
unprofitable talk? or with
speeches wherewith he can do no
good?
lyi[w{y -a{l ~yiLim.W !w{K.sIy a{l r'b'd.B ;xekw{h ? ~'B
4
Yea, thou castest
off fear, and
restrainest prayer before God.
lea -yen.pil h'xyif [;r.git.w h'a.rIy rep'T h'T;a -p;a
5
For thy
mouth uttereth thine
iniquity, and thou
choosest the
tongue of the
crafty.
~yim.Wr][ !w{v.l r;x.bit.w '$yip '$.n{w][ @eL;a.y yiK
6
Thine own
mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own
lips testify against thee.
.$'b -.Wn][;y '$y,t'p.f.W yin'a -a{l.w '$yip '$][yiv.r;y
7
Art thou the
first* man that was
born? or wast thou
made before the
hills?
'T.l'lw{x tw{['b.g yen.pil.w del\WiT ~'d'a !w{vyair]h
8
Hast thou
heard the
secret of
God? and dost thou
restrain wisdom to thyself?
h'm.k'x '$y,lea [;r.git.w ['m.viT ;hw{l/a dw{s.b;h
9
What
knowest thou, that we
know not? what
understandest thou, which is not in us?
.Wn'Mi[ -a{l.w !yib'T ['den a{l.w 'T.[;d'Y -h;m ? a.Wh
10
With us are both the
grayheaded and very
aged men,
much elder than thy
father.
'$yib'aem ryiB;K .Wn'B vyiv'y -m;G b'f -m;G ? ~yim'y
11
Are the
consolations of
God small with thee? is there any
secret thing with thee?
.$'Mi[ j;a'l r'b'd.w lea tw{mUx.n;T '$.Mim j;[.m;h
12
Why doth thine
heart carry thee
away? and what do thy
eyes wink
at,
'$y,nye[ !.Wm.z.riY -h;m.W '$,Bil '$]x'QiY -h;m
13
That thou
turnest thy
spirit against
God, and lettest such
words go
out of thy
mouth?
'$yiPim 'taec{h.w '$,x.Wr lea -l,a byiv't -yiK ? !yiLim
14
What is
man, that he should be
clean? and he which is
born of a
woman, that he should be
righteous?
d.Wl.y q;D.cIy -yik.w h,K.zIy -yiK vw{n/a -h'm ? h'Via
15
Behold, he putteth no
trust in his
saints; yea, the
heavens are not
clean in his
sight.
.WK;z -a{l ~Iy;m'v.w !yim]a;y a{l w{v{d.qiB !eh ? wy'nye[.b
16
How much more
abominable and
filthy is
man, which
drinketh iniquity* like
water?
~Iy;M;k h,t{v -vyia x'l/a,n.w b'[.tin -yiK @;a ? h'l.w;[
17
I will
shew thee,
hear me; and that which I have
seen I will
declare;
h'reP;s]a;w yityiz'x -h,z.w yil -[;m.v ]'k.w;x]a
18
Which
wise men have
told from their
fathers, and have not
hid it:
~'tw{b]aem .Wd]xik a{l.w .WdyiG;y ~yim'k]x -r,v]a
19
Unto whom alone the
earth was
given, and no
stranger passed among them.
r'z r;b'[ -a{l.w #,r'a'h h'n.Tin ~'D;b.l ~,h'l ? ~'kw{t.B
20
The
wicked man
travaileth with pain all his
days, and the
number of
years is
hidden to the
oppressor.
~yin'v r;P.sim.W lelw{x.tim a.Wh ['v'r yem.y -l'K ? #yir'[,l .Wn.P.cin
21
A
dreadful sound is in his
ears: in
prosperity the
destroyer shall
come upon him.
.WN,aw{b.y dedw{v ~w{l'V;B wy'n.z'a.B ~yid'x.P -lw{q
22
He
believeth not that he shall
return out of
darkness, and he is
waited for of the
sword.
a.Wh .Wp'c.w .$,v{x -yiNim b.Wv !yim]a;y -a{l ? b,r'x -yel/a
23
He wandereth
abroad for
bread, saying, Where is it? he
knoweth that the
day of
darkness is
ready at his
hand.
w{d'y.B !w{k'n -yiK [;d'y heY;a ~,x,L;l a.Wh ded{n ? .$,v{x -mw{y
24
Trouble and
anguish shall make him
afraid; they shall
prevail against him, as a
king ready to the
battle.
dyit'[ .$,l,m.K .Whep.q.tiT h'q.Wc.m.W r;c .WhUt][;b.y ? rw{dyiK;l
25
For he stretcheth
out his
hand against
God, and
strengtheneth himself against the
Almighty.
r'B;G.tIy y;D;v -l,a.w w{d'y lea -l,a h'j'n -yiK
26
He
runneth upon him, even on his
neck, upon the
thick bosses of his
bucklers:
wy'Nig'm yeB;G yib][;B ra\W;c.B wy'lea #.Wr'y
27
Because he
covereth his
face with his
fatness, and
maketh collops of
fat on his
flanks.
l,s'k -yel][ h'myiP f;[;Y;w w{B.l,x.B wy'n'p h'Sik -yiK
28
And he
dwelleth in
desolate cities, and in
houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are
ready to become
heaps.
.Wb.vey -a{l ~yiT'B tw{d'x.kin ~yir'[ !w{K.viY;w ? ~yiL;g.l .Wd.T;[.tih r,v]a w{m'l
29
He shall not be
rich, neither shall his
substance continue, neither shall he
prolong the
perfection thereof upon the
earth.
h,JIy -a{l.w w{lyex ~.Wq'y -a{l.w r;v.[,y -a{l ? ~'l.nim #,r'a'l
30
He shall not
depart out of
darkness; the
flame shall dry
up his
branches, and by the
breath of his
mouth shall he go
away.
t,b'h.l;v veB;y.T w{T.q;n{y .$,v{x -yiNim r.Ws'y -a{l ? wyiP ;x.Wr.B r.Ws'y.w
31
Let not him that is
deceived trust in
vanity: for
vanity shall be his
recompence.
h,y.hiT a.w'v -yiK h'[.tin w{V;B !em]a;y -l;a ? w{t'r.Wm.t
32
It shall be
accomplished before his
time, and his
branch shall not be
green.
h'n'n][;r a{l w{t'Pik.w ael'MiT w{mw{y -a{l.B
33
He shall shake
off his unripe
grape as the
vine, and shall cast
off his
flower as the
olive.
w{t'Cin tIy;Z;K .$el.v;y.w w{r.siB !,p,G;K s{m.x;y
34
For the
congregation of
hypocrites shall be
desolate, and
fire shall
consume the
tabernacles of
bribery.
d;x{v -yel\h'a h'l.k'a vea.w d.Wm.l;G @en'x t;d][ -yiK
35
They
conceive mischief, and bring
forth vanity, and their
belly prepareth deceit.
h'm.rim !yik'T ~'n.jib.W !,w'a ]d{l'y.w l'm'[ h{r'h