Job 11

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 Zophar of Naamath spoke next. He said:	1 וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַר
2 Is babbling to go without an answer? Is wordiness a proof of uprightness?	2 הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם־אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּק
3 Do you think your talking strikes people dumb, will you jeer with no one to refute you?	3 בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִם
4 These were your words, 'My conduct is pure, in your eyes I am free of blame!'	4 וַתֹּאמֶר זַךְ לִקְחִי וּבַר הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֶיךָ
5 Wil no one let God speak, open his lips and give you answer,	5 וְאוּלָם מִי־יִתֵּן אֱלֹוהַּ דַּבֵּר וְיִפְתַּח שְׂפָתָיו עִמָּךְ
6 show you the secrets of wisdom which put all cleverness to shame? Then you would realise that Godis cal ing you to account for your sin.	6 וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ ׀ תַּעֲלֻמֹות חָכְמָה כִּי־כִפְלַיִם לְתוּשִׁיָּה וְדַע כִּי־יַשֶּׁה לְךָ אֱלֹוהַ מֵעֲוֹנֶךָ
7 Can you claim to fathom the depth of God, can you reach the limit of Shaddai?	7 הַחֵקֶר אֱלֹוהַ תִּמְצָא אִם עַד־תַּכְלִית שַׁדַּי תִּמְצָא
8 It is higher than the heavens: what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol: what can you know?	8 גָּבְהֵי מַיִם מַה־תִּפְעָל עֲמֻקָּה מִשְּׁאֹול מַה־תֵּדָע
9 It would be longer to measure than the earth and broader than the sea.	9 אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ וּרְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָם
10 If he intervenes to close or convoke the assembly, who is to prevent him?	10 אִם־יַחֲלֹף וְיַסְגִּיר וְיַקְהִיל וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ
11 He knows how deceptive human beings are, and he sees their misdeeds too, and marks them wel .	11 כִּי־הוּא יָדַע מְתֵי־שָׁוְא וַיַּרְא־אָוֶן וְלֹא יִתְבֹּונָן
12 Hence empty-headed people would do wel to study sense and people who behave like wild donkeysto let themselves be tamed.	12 וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד
13 Come, reconsider your attitude, stretch out your hands towards him!	13 אִם־אַתָּה הֲכִינֹותָ לִבֶּךָ וּפָרַשְׂתָּ אֵלָיו כַּפֶּךָ
14 If you repudiate the sin which you have doubtless committed and do not al ow wickedness to live onin your tents,	14 אִם־אָוֶן בְּיָדְךָ הַרְחִיקֵהוּ וְאַל־תַּשְׁכֵּן בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ עַוְלָה
15 you wil be able to raise an unsullied face, unwavering and free from fear,	15 כִּי־אָז ׀ תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם וְהָיִיתָ מֻצָק וְלֹא תִירָא
16 for you wil forget about your misery, thinking of it only as a flood that passed long ago.	16 כִּי־אַתָּה עָמָל תִּשְׁכָּח כְּמַיִם עָבְרוּ תִזְכֹּר
17 Then begins an existence more radiant than noon, and the very darkness wil be bright as morning.	17 וּמִצָּהֳרַיִם יָקוּם חָלֶד תָּעֻפָה כַּבֹּקֶר תִּהְיֶה
18 Confident because there is hope; after your troubles, you wil sleep secure.	18 וּבָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְחָפַרְתָּ לָבֶטַח תִּשְׁכָּב
19 When you lie down to rest, no one will trouble you, and many wil seek your favour.	19 וְרָבַצְתָּ וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְחִלּוּ פָנֶיךָ רַבִּים
20 But as for the wicked, their eyes are weary, there is no refuge for them; their only hope is to breathetheir last.	20 וְעֵינֵי רְשָׁעִים תִּכְלֶינָה וּמָנֹוס אָבַד מִנְהֶם וְתִקְוָתָם מַפַּח־נָפֶשׁ׃ פ