| 1 וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 Then Job answered: |
| 2 שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹתמְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ | 2 "I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. |
| 3 הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַאוֹ מַה־יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַֽעֲנֶֽה׃ | 3 Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? |
| 4 גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָהלוּ יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁיאַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּיםוְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמוֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | 4 I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you. |
| 5 אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ־פִיוְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃ | 5 I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain. |
| 6 אִֽם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִיוְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִּנִּי יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ | 6 "If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me? |
| 7 אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִיהֲשִׁמּוֹתָ כׇּל־עֲדָתִֽי׃ | 7 Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company. |
| 8 וַֽתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָהוַיָּקׇם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶֽה׃ | 8 And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness has risen up against me, it testifies to my face. |
| 9 אַפּוֹ טָרַף ׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵנִיחָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיוצָרִי ׀ יִלְטֹשׁ עֵינָיו לִֽי׃ | 9 He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me. |
| 10 פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי ׀ בְּפִיהֶםבְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָייַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃ | 10 Men have gaped at me with their mouth, they have struck me insolently upon the cheek, they mass themselves together against me. |
| 11 יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִילוְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵֽנִי׃ | 11 God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. |
| 12 שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵנִיוְאָחַז בְּעׇרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵנִיוַיְקִימֵנִי לוֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ | 12 I was at ease, and he broke me asunder; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target, |
| 13 יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי ׀ רַבָּיויְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי וְלֹא יַחְמֹליִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִֽי׃ | 13 his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. |
| 14 יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶ ץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץיָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ | 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior. |
| 15 שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּיוְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִֽי׃ | 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust. |
| 16 פָּנַי חמרמרה חֳמַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶכִיוְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ | 16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness; |
| 17 עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּיוּֽתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּֽה׃ | 17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. |
| 18 אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִיוְֽאַל־יְהִי מָקוֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃ | 18 "O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place. |
| 19 גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִיוְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרֹמִֽים׃ | 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high. |
| 20 מְלִיצַי רֵעָיאֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ דָּלְפָה עֵינִֽי׃ | 20 My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God, |
| 21 וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלוֹהַּוּֽבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ | 21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor. |
| 22 כִּֽי־שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּוְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃ | 22 For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |
