Job 4

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַר׃ (1036)

2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָל׃ (1437)

3Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

הִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים וְיָדַיִם רָפֹות תְּחַזֵּק׃ (2253)

4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

כֹּושֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעֹות תְּאַמֵּץ׃ (2177)

5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

כִּי עַתָּה ׀ תָּבֹוא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵל׃ (2432)

6Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶיךָ׃ (2823)

7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

זְכָר־נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָדוּ׃ (1257)

8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

כַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻהוּ׃ (2561)

9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלֹוהַ יֹאבֵדוּ וּמֵרוּחַ אַפֹּו יִכְלוּ׃ (1308)

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

שַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקֹול שָׁחַל וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּעוּ׃ (2652)

11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.

לַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי־טָרֶף וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ׃ (1529)

12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

וְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶנְהוּ׃ (1431)

13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

בִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנֹות לָיְלָה בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁים׃ (2410)

14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

פַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה וְרֹב עַצְמֹותַי הִפְחִיד׃ (1669)

15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

וְרוּחַ עַל־פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִי׃ (2770)

16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

יַעֲמֹד ׀ וְלֹא־אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי דְּמָמָה וָקֹול אֶשְׁמָע׃ (2014)