| 1 And Job answered, and said: | 1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר |
| 2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with | 2 אָמְנָם יָדַעְתִּי כִי־כֵן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּק אֱנֹושׁ עִם־אֵל |
| 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. | 3 אִם־יַחְפֹּץ לָרִיב עִמֹּו לֹא־יַעֲנֶנּוּ אַחַת מִנִּי־אָלֶף |
| 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace ? | 4 חֲכַם לֵבָב וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ מִי־הִקְשָׁה אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלָם |
| 5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. | 5 הַמַּעְתִּיק הָרִים וְלֹא יָדָעוּ אֲשֶׁר הֲפָכָם בְּאַפֹּו |
| 6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. | 6 הַמַּרְגִּיז אֶרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ וְעַמּוּדֶיהָ יִתְפַלָּצוּן |
| 7 Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal: | 7 הָאֹמֵר לַחֶרֶס וְלֹא יִזְרָח וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַחְתֹּם |
| 8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea. | 8 נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדֹּו וְדֹורֵךְ עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָם |
| 9 Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south. | 9 עֹשֶׂה־עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה וְחַדְרֵי תֵמָן |
| 10 Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number. | 10 עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלֹות עַד־אֵין חֵקֶר וְנִפְלָאֹות עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר |
| 11 If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand. | 11 הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו |
| 12 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so? | 12 הֵן יַחְתֹּף מִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ מִי־יֹאמַר אֵלָיו מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה |
| 13 God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world. | 13 אֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפֹּו [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) חֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָהַב |
| 14 What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him? | 14 אַף כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמֹּו |
| 15 I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge. | 15 אֲשֶׁר אִם־צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּן |
| 16 And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice. | 16 אִם־קָרָאתִי וַיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹא־אַאֲמִין כִּי־יַאֲזִין קֹולִי |
| 17 For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause. | 17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְהִרְבָּה פְצָעַי חִנָּם |
| 18 He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness. | 18 לֹא־יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי כִּי יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרֹרִים |
| 19 If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me. | 19 אִם־לְכֹחַ אַמִּיץ הִנֵּה וְאִם־לְמִשְׁפָּט מִי יֹועִידֵנִי |
| 20 If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked. | 20 אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי |
| 21 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life. | 21 תָּם־אָנִי לֹא־אֵדַע נַפְשִׁי אֶמְאַס חַיָּי |
| 22 One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth. | 22 אַחַת הִיא עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה |
| 23 If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent. | 23 אִםשֹׁ־וט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג |
| 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then? | 24 אֶרֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָה בְיַד־רָשָׁע פְּנֵי־שֹׁפְטֶיהָ יְכַסֶּה אִם־לֹא אֵפֹוא מִי־הוּא |
| 25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good. | 25 וְיָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־רָץ בָּרְחוּ לֹא־רָאוּ טֹובָה |
| 26 They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey. | 26 חָלְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיֹּות אֵבֶה כְּנֶשֶׁר יָטוּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹכֶל |
| 27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. | 27 אִם־אָמְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָה שִׂיחִי אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי וְאַבְלִיגָה |
| 28 I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender. | 28 יָגֹרְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי |
| 29 But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain? | 29 אָנֹכִי אֶרְשָׁע לָמָּה־זֶּה הֶבֶל אִיגָע |
| 30 If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean : | 30 אִם־הִתְרָחַצְתִּי [בְמֹו כ] (בְמֵי־שָׁלֶג ק) וַהֲזִכֹּותִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּי |
| 31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me, | 31 אָז בַּשַּׁחַת תִּטְבְּלֵנִי וְתִעֲבוּנִי שַׂלְמֹותָי |
| 32 For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment. | 32 כִּי־לֹא־אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶעֱנֶנּוּ נָבֹוא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט |
| 33 There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both. | 33 לֹא יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵינוּ מֹוכִיחַ יָשֵׁת יָדֹו עַל־שְׁנֵינוּ |
| 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me. | 34 יָסֵר מֵעָלַי שִׁבְטֹו וְאֵמָתֹו אַל־תְּבַעֲתַנִּי |
| 35 I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear. | 35 אַדַבְּרָה וְלֹא אִירָאֶנּוּ כִּי לֹא־כֵן אָנֹכִי עִמָּדִי |