| וַיֹּאמַֽר | הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י | אֱלִיפַ֥ז | וַ֭יַּעַן |
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wa-ya-ama-r | ha-tha-yma-na-ya | au-la-ypa-z | wa-ya-'a-n | |
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wayo'mar | hateymaniy | 'eliypaz | waya'an |
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the Temanite | Then Eliphaz | replied: | |
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4-1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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| יוּכָֽל | מִ֣י | בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין | וַעְצֹ֥ר | אֵלֶ֣יךָתִּלְאֶ֑ה | דָבָ֣ר | נִסָּ֬ה | הֲ |
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ywka-l | ma-ya | ba-ma-la-yn | wa-'a-sa-r | aa-la-yka-tha-la-aa-ha | da-ba-r | na-sa-ha | ha | |
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ywkal | miy | bemiliyn | wa'esor | 'eleykatile'eh | dabar | nisah | ha |
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can | Yet who | from speaking? | keep | with you, will you be wearied? | a word | “If one ventures | |
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4-2. If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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| תְּחַזֵּֽק | רָפֹ֣ות | וְיָדַ֖יִם | רַבִּ֑ים | יִסַּ֣רְתָּ | הִ֭נֵּה |
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tha-cha-za-qh | ra-pa-wtha | wa-ya-da-ya-m | ra-ba-ym | ya-sa-ra-tha | ha-na-ha | |
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tehazeq | rapowt | weyadayim | rabiym | yisareta | hineh |
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and have strengthened | their feeble | hands. | many, | you have instructed | Surely | |
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4-3. Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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| תְּאַמֵּֽץ | כֹּרְעֹ֣ות | וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם | מִלֶּ֑יךָ | יְקִימ֣וּן | כֹּ֖ושֵׁל |
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tha-aa-ma-tz | ka-ra-'a-wtha | wba-ra-ka-ya-m | ma-la-yka | ya-qa-ymwn | ka-wsha-l | |
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te'ames | kore'owt | wbirekayim | mileyka | yeqiymwn | kowsel |
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and have made firm | that were buckling. | the knees | Your words | have steadied | those who stumbled, | |
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4-4. Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
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| וַתִּבָּהֵֽל | עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ | תִּגַּ֥ע | אֵלֶ֣יךָוַתֵּ֑לֶא | תָּבֹ֣וא | כִּ֤יעַתָּ֨ה |
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wa-tha-ba-ha-l | 'a-da-yka | tha-ga-' | aa-la-yka-wa-tha-la-a | tha-ba-wa | ka-y'a-tha-ha | |
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watibahel | 'adeyka | tiga' | 'eleykawatele' | tabow' | kiy'atah |
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and you are dismayed. | It strikes you, | upon you, and you are weary. | it has come | But now | |
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4-5. But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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| דְּרָכֶֽיךָ | וְתֹ֣ם | תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ | כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ | יִ֭רְאָתְךָ | לֹ֣א | הֲ |
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da-ra-ka-yka | wa-tha-m | tha-qa-wa-tha-ka | ka-sa-la-tha-ka | ya-ra-aa-tha-ka | la-a | ha | |
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derakeyka | wetom | tiqewateka | kiselateka | yire'ateka | lo' | ha |
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of your ways | and the uprightness | your hope? | your confidence, | Is your reverence | not | |
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4-6. Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
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| נִכְחָֽדוּ | יְשָׁרִ֥ים | וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה | אָבָ֑ד | נָקִ֣י | ה֣וּא | מִ֤י | נָ֗א | זְכָר |
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na-ka-cha-dwa | ya-sha-ra-ym | wa-aa-ypa-ha | aa-ba-d | na-qa-ya | hwa | ma-ya | na-a | za-ka-r | |
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nikehadw | yesariym | we'eypoh | 'abad | naqiy | hw' | miy | na' | zekar |
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destroyed? | were the upright | Or where | has perished | he was innocent? | when | Who | now: | Consider | |
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4-7. Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
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| יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ | עָמָ֣ל | וְזֹרְעֵ֖י | אָ֑וֶן | חֹ֣רְשֵׁי | אֲשֶׁ֣ררָ֭אִיתִי | כַּ |
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ya-qa-sa-ruhwa | 'a-ma-l | wa-za-ra-'a-ya | aa-wa-n | cha-ra-sha-ya | aasha-rra-aa-ytha-ya | ka | |
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yiqeseruhw | 'amal | wezore'ey | 'awen | horesey | 'aserra'iytiy | ka |
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reap the same. | trouble, | and those who sow | iniquity, | those who plow | As I have observed, | |
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4-8. Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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| יִכְלֽוּ | אַפֹּ֣ו | ר֖וּחַ | וּמֵ | יֹאבֵ֑דוּ | אֱלֹ֣והַ | נִּשְׁמַ֣ת | מִ |
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ya-ka-lwa | aa-pa-wa | rwcha | wma | ya-aba-dwa | au-la-wha | na-sha-ma-tha | ma | |
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yikelw | 'apow | rwha | wme | yo'bedw | 'elowha | nisemat | mi |
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they are consumed. | of His anger | by the blast | and and | they perish, | of God | By the breath | |
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4-9. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
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| נִתָּֽעוּ | כְפִירִ֣ים | וְשִׁנֵּ֖י | שָׁ֑חַל | וְקֹ֣ול | אַ֭רְיֵה | שַׁאֲגַ֣ת |
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na-tha-'wa | ka-pa-yra-ym | wa-sha-na-ya | sha-cha-l | wa-qa-wl | aa-ra-ya-ha | sha-aaga-tha | |
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nita'w | kepiyriym | wesiney | sahal | weqowl | 'areyeh | sa'agat |
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are broken. | of the young lions | yet the teeth | and the fierce lion | may growl, | The lion | may roar, | |
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4-10. The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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| יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ | לָ֝בִ֗יא | וּבְנֵ֥י | טָ֑רֶף | בְּלִי | מִ | אֹבֵ֣ד | לַ֭יִשׁ |
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ya-tha-pa-ra-dwa | la-ba-ya | wba-na-ya | ta-ra-ph | ba-la-ya | ma | aa-ba-d | la-ya-sha | |
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yiteparadw | labiy' | wbeney | tarep | beliy | mi | 'obed | layis |
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are scattered. | of the lioness | and the cubs | of prey, | for lack | perishes | The old lion | |
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4-11. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
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| מֶֽנְהֽוּ | שֵׁ֣מֶץ | אָ֝זְנִ֗י | וַתִּקַּ֥ח | יְגֻנָּ֑ב | וְ֭אֵלַידָּבָ֣ר |
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ma-na-hwa | sha-ma-tz | aa-za-na-ya | wa-tha-qa-cha | ya-guna-b | wa-aa-la-yda-ba-r | |
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menehw | semes | 'azeniy | watiqah | yegunab | we'elaydabar |
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of it. | a whisper | my ears | caught | secretly; | came to me Now a word | |
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4-12. Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
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| אֲנָשִֽׁים | עַל | תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה | בִּנְפֹ֥ל | לָ֑יְלָה | חֶזְיֹנֹ֣ות | מֵ | בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים |
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aana-sha-ym | 'a-l | tha-ra-da-ma-ha | ba-na-pa-l | la-ya-la-ha | cha-za-ya-na-wtha | ma | ba-sha-'a-pa-ym | |
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'anasiym | 'al | taredemah | binepol | layelah | hezeyonowt | me | bise'ipiym |
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men, | on | when deep sleep | falls | in the night, | visions | In disquieting | |
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4-13. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
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| הִפְחִֽיד | עַצְמֹותַ֣י | וְרֹ֖ב | וּרְעָדָ֑ה | קְ֭רָאַנִי | פַּ֣חַד |
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ha-pa-cha-yd | 'a-sa-ma-wtha-ya | wa-ra-b | wra-'a-da-ha | qa-ra-aa-na-ya | pa-cha-d | |
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hipehiyd | 'asemowtay | werob | wre'adah | qera'aniy | pahad |
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shake. | my bones | and made all | and trembling | came over me | fear | |
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4-14. Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
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| בְּשָׂרִֽי | שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת | תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר | יַחֲלֹ֑ף | פָּנַ֣י | עַל | וְ֭רוּחַ |
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ba-sha-ra-ya | sha-'ara-tha | tha-sa-ma-r | ya-chala-ph | pa-na-ya | 'a-l | wa-rwcha | |
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besariy | sa'arat | tesamer | yahalop | panay | 'al | werwha |
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on my body | [and] the hair | bristled. | glided | my face, | past | Then a spirit | |
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4-15. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
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| אֶשְׁמָֽע | וָקֹ֣ול | דְּמָמָ֖ה | עֵינָ֑י | לְנֶ֣גֶד | תְּ֭מוּנָה | מַרְאֵ֗הוּ | אַכִּ֬יר | וְֽלֹא | יַעֲמֹ֤ד |
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aa-sha-ma-' | wa-qa-wl | da-ma-ma-ha | 'a-yna-ya | la-na-ga-d | tha-mwna-ha | ma-ra-aa-hwa | aa-ka-yr | wa-la-a | ya-'ama-d | |
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'esema' | waqowl | demamah | 'eynay | leneged | temwnah | mare'ehw | 'akiyr | welo' | ya'amod |
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and I heard | voice: | a whispering | my eyes, | loomed before | a form | its appearance; | discern | but I could not | It stood still, | |
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4-16. It 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,
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| גָּֽבֶר | יִטְהַר | עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ | אִ֥םמֵ֝ | יִצְדָּ֑ק | אֱלֹ֣והַ | מֵ | אֱנֹושׁ | הַֽ֭ |
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ga-ba-r | ya-ta-ha-r | 'a-sha-hwa | aa-mma | ya-sa-da-qh | au-la-wha | ma | au-na-wsha | ha | |
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gaber | yitehar | 'osehw | 'imme | yisedaq | 'elowha | me | 'enows | ha |
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a man | more pure | than his Maker? | or or | be more righteous | than God, | ‘Can a [mortal] | |
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4-17. Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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| תָּהֳלָֽה | יָשִׂ֥ים | וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו | יַאֲמִ֑ין | לֹ֣א | בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו | הֵ֣ן |
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tha-hola-ha | ya-sha-ym | wba-ma-la-aa-ka-ywa | ya-aama-yn | la-a | ba-'aba-da-ywa | ha-n | |
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taholah | yasiym | wbemale'akayw | ya'amiyn | lo' | ba'abadayw | hen |
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with error, | and He charges | His angels | trust | God puts no | in His servants, | If | |
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4-18. Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
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| עָֽשׁ | לִפְנֵי | יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם | יְסֹודָ֑ם | אֲשֶׁרבֶּעָפָ֥ר | חֹ֗מֶר | בָֽתֵּי | שֹׁכְנֵ֬י | אַ֤ף |
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'a-sha | la-pa-na-ya | ya-da-ka-awm | ya-sa-wda-m | aasha-rba-'a-pa-r | cha-ma-r | ba-tha-ya | sha-ka-na-ya | aa-ph | |
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'as | lipeney | yedake'wm | yesowdam | 'aserbe'apar | homer | batey | sokeney | 'ap |
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like a moth! | who can be crushed | foundations | whose whose whose are in the dust, | of clay, | in houses | those who dwell | how much more | |
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4-19. How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
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| יֹאבֵֽדוּ | לָנֶ֥צַח | מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים | בְּלִ֥י | מִ | יֻכַּ֑תּוּ | לָעֶ֣רֶב | בֹּ֣קֶר | מִ |
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ya-aba-dwa | la-na-sa-cha | ma-sha-ym | ba-la-ya | ma | yuka-thwa | la-'a-ra-b | ba-qa-r | ma | |
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yo'bedw | lanesah | mesiym | beliy | mi | yukatw | la'ereb | boqer | mi |
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they perish | forever. | unnoticed, | They are smashed to pieces | to dusk; | dawn | from | |
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4-20. They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
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| בְחָכְמָֽה | וְלֹ֣א | בָּ֑םיָ֝מ֗וּתוּ | יִתְרָ֣ם | נִסַּ֣ע | לֹא | הֲ |
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ba-cha-ka-ma-ha | wa-la-a | ba-mya-mwthwa | ya-tha-ra-m | na-sa-' | la-a | ha | |
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behakemah | welo' | bamyamwtw | yiteram | nisa' | lo' | ha |
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wisdom?’ | without | so that they die | Are not their tent cords | pulled up, | |
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4-21. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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