| 1 וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר | 1 Then Job answered: |
| 2 שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבֹּות מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶם | 2 "I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. |
| 3 הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ אֹו מַה־יַּמְרִיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶה | 3 Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? |
| 4 גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ־יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמֹו רֹאשִׁי | 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 בְּמֹו־פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹׂךְ | 5 I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain. |
| 6 אִם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִנִּי יַהֲלֹךְ | 6 "If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me? |
| 7 אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמֹּותָ כָּל־עֲדָתִי | 7 Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company. |
| 8 וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶה | 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 אַפֹּו טָרַף ׀ וַיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו צָרִי ׀ יִלְטֹושׁ עֵינָיו לִי | 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 ׀ בְּפִיהֶם בְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָי יַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאוּן | 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 עֲוִיל וְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵנִי | 11 God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked. |
| 12 שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לֹו לְמַטָּרָה | 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 ׀ רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיֹותַי וְלֹא יַחְמֹול יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִי | 13 his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. |
| 14 יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבֹּור | 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior. |
| 15 שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי | 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust. |
| 16 פָּנַי [חֳמַרְמְרָה כ] (חֳמַרְמְרוּ ק) מִנִּי־בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָוֶת | 16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness; |
| 17 עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּה | 17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. |
| 18 אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְאַל־יְהִי מָקֹום לְזַעֲקָתִי | 18 "O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place. |
| 19 גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרֹומִים | 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high. |
| 20 מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלֹוהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִי | 20 My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God, |
| 21 וְיֹוכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלֹוהַּ וּבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵהוּ | 21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, like that of a man with his neighbor. |
| 22 כִּי־שְׁנֹות מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ | 22 For when a few years have come I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |
