(ו) כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל׃ (ז) כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃ (ח) אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃ (ט) עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ (י) הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝֗יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃ (יא) לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃ (יב) מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥נָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃ (יג) לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעׇרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃ (יד) יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃ (טו) וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ (טז) וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃ (יז) הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃ (יח) כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥ו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃
(6) Evil does not grow out of the soil,
Nor does mischief spring from the ground; (7) For man is born to [do] mischief,
Just as sparks fly upward.
(8) But I would resort to God;
I would lay my case before God, (9) Who performs great deeds which cannot be fathomed,
Wondrous things without number; (10) Who gives rain to the earth,
And sends water over the fields; (11) Who raises the lowly up high,
So that the dejected are secure in victory; (12) Who thwarts the designs of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot gain success; (13) Who traps the clever in their own wiles;
The plans of the crafty go awry. (14) By day they encounter darkness,
At noon they grope as in the night. (15) But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth,
From the clutches of the strong. (16) So there is hope for the wretched;
The mouth of wrongdoing is stopped.
(17) See how happy is the man whom God reproves;
Do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
(18) God injures, but God binds up;
God wounds, but God's hands heal.
Bildad the Shuhite said in reply:
How long will you speak such things?
Your utterances are a mighty wind! Will God pervert the right?
Will the Almighty pervert justice? If your sons sinned against Him,
He dispatched them for their transgression. But if you seek God
And supplicate the Almighty, If you are blameless and upright,
He will protect you,
And grant well-being to your righteous home. Though your beginning be small,
In the end you will grow very great.
(ב) וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (ג) יֹ֣אבַד י֭וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר׃ (ד) הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֗וּא יְֽהִ֫י־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמַּ֑עַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה׃ (ה) יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכׇּן־עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנָ֑ה יְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּ כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵי יֽוֹם׃ (ו) הַלַּ֥יְלָה הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֢ה֫וּ־אֹ֥פֶל אַל־יִ֭חַדְּ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃ (ז) הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־תָּב֖וֹא רְנָנָ֣ה בֽוֹ׃ (ח) יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹֽרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃ (ט) יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֢י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ (י) כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃
(3) Perish the day on which I was born,
And the night it was announced,
“A male has been conceived!” (4) May that day be darkness;
May God above have no concern for it;
May light not shine on it; (5) May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it;
May a pall lie over it;
May what blackens-b the day terrify it. (6) May obscurity carry off that night;
May it not be counted among the days of the year;
May it not appear in any of its months; (7) May that night be desolate;
May no sound of joy be heard in it; (8) May those who cast spells upon the day damn it,
Those prepared to disable Leviathan; (9) May its twilight stars remain dark;
May it hope for light and have none;
May it not see the glimmerings of the dawn— (10) Because it did not block my mother’s womb,
And hide trouble from my eyes.
I will give rein to my complaint,
Speak in the bitterness of my soul. I say to God, “Do not condemn me;
Let me know what You charge me with. Does it benefit You to defraud,
To despise the toil of Your hands,
While smiling on the counsel of the wicked?
Then Zophar the Naamathite said in reply:
Is a multitude of words unanswerable?
Must a loquacious person be right? Your prattle may silence men;
You may mock without being rebuked, And say, “My doctrine is pure,
And I have been innocent in Your sight.” But would that God might speak,
And talk to you Himself. He would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
For there are many sides to sagacity;
And know that God has overlooked for you some of your iniquity.-a Would you discover the mystery of God?
Would you discover the limit of the Almighty?
And that there is none to deliver from Your hand.
I would also talk like you
If you were in my place;
I would barrage you with words,
I would wag my head over you. I would encourage you with words,
My moving lips would bring relief. If I speak, my pain will not be relieved,
And if I do not—what have I lost?
Look at me and be appalled,
And clap your hand to your mouth. When I think of it I am terrified;
My body is seized with shuddering.
Why do the wicked live on,
Prosper and grow wealthy?
Their children are with them always,
And they see their children’s children.
Their homes are secure, without fear;
They do not feel the rod of God. Their bull breeds and does not fail;
Their cow bears calves; They let their infants run loose like sheep,
And their children skip about. They sing to the music of timbrel and lute,
And revel to the tune of the pipe; They spend their days in happiness,
And go down to Sheol in peace.