JOB 1:1 There was an ish in Eretz Utz, shmo Iyov; and that ish was blameless and yashar, and yire Elohim, and shunned evil.

JOB 1:2 And there were born unto him seven banim and shalosh banot.

JOB 1:3 His possessions also were seven thousand tzon and three thousand gemalim, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and very many avadim; so that this ish was the greatest of kol bnei kedem.

JOB 1:4 And his banim went and held a mishteh in their bais, every one in his turn in his bais; and sent and called for their three achayot to eat and to drink with them.

JOB 1:5 And it was so, when the yamim of their mishteh were gone, that Iyov sent and set them apart as kodesh, and rose up early in the boker, and offered olot (burnt offerings) according to the mispar (number) of them all: for Iyov said, It may be that my banim have sinned, and cursed Elohim in their hearts. Thus did Iyov kol hayamim.

JOB 1:6 Now there was a yom when the Bnei HaElohim came to present themselves before Hashem , and HaSatan came also among them.

JOB 1:7 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, From where comest thou? Then HaSatan answered Hashem , and said, From roaming to and fro in ha'aretz, and from walking up and down in it.

JOB 1:8 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hast thou considered in thy heart avdi Iyov, that there is none like him in ha'aretz, a perfect and a yashar ish, yire Elohim, and shunneth evil?

JOB 1:9 Then HaSatan answered Hashem , and said, Is Iyov a yire Elohim (G-d fearer) for nothing?

JOB 1:10 Hast not Thou made a hedge about him, and about his bais, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the ma'aseh (work) of his hands, and his possessions are increased in ha'aretz.

JOB 1:11 But put forth Thine yad now, and strike all that he hath, and he will curse Thee to Thy face.

JOB 1:12 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hinei, all that he hath is in thy yad; only upon himself put not forth thine yad. So HaSatan went out from the presence of Hashem .

JOB 1:13 And there was a yom when his banim and his banot were eating and drinking yayin in the bais achihem habechor (the house of their firstborn brother) :

JOB 1:14 And there came a malach (messenger) unto Iyov, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:

JOB 1:15 And the Sabeans attacked, and took them away; yea, they have slain the na'arim with the edge of the cherev; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

JOB 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The eish Elohim is fallen from Shomayim, and hath burned up the tzon, and the na'arim, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

JOB 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Kasdim (Chaldeans) formed shloshah rashim, and fell upon the gemalim and have carried them away, yea and slain the na'arim with the edge of the cherev; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

JOB 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy banim and thy banot were eating and drinking yayin in the bais achihem habechor;

JOB 1:19 And, hinei, there came a ruach gedolah from the midbar, and struck the arbah pinot (four corners) of the bais, and it fell upon the na'arim, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

JOB 1:20 Then Iyov arose, and made the keri'ah on his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped,

JOB 1:21 And said, Arom came I out of beten immi, and arom shall I return there; Hashem gave, and Hashem hath taken away; yehi Shem Hashem mevorach.

JOB 1:22 In all this Iyov sinned not, nor natan tiflah l'Elohim (charged G-d with folly) .

JOB 2:1 Again there was a day when the Bnei HaElohim came to present themselves before Hashem , and HaSatan came also among them to present himself before Hashem .

JOB 2:2 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, From where comest thou? And HaSatan answered Hashem , and said, From going to and fro through ha'aretz, and from walking up and down in it.

JOB 2:3 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hast thou considered in your meditation Avdi (My Servant) Iyov, that there is none like him in ha'aretz, ish tam and yashar, yire Elohim, and shunning rah? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou inciteth Me against him, to ruin him for no reason.

JOB 2:4 And HaSatan answered Hashem , and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that an ish hath will he give for his nefesh.

JOB 2:5 But stretch forth Thine yad now, and touch his etzem and his basar, and he will curse Thee to Thy face.

JOB 2:6 And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hinei, he is in thine yad; but spare his nefesh.

JOB 2:7 So went HaSatan out from the presence of Hashem , and afflicted Iyov with shekhin rah (foul boils) from the sole of his regel unto the top of his head.

JOB 2:8 And he took him a cheres (potsherd, piece of broken pottery) to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

JOB 2:9 Then said his isha unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse Elohim, and die.

JOB 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the nevalot (foolish women) speaketh. What? Shall we receive hatov from Elohim, and shall we not accept harah? In all this did not Iyov sin in what he said.

JOB 2:11 Now when the three friends of Iyov heard of all this ra'ah that had come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temani, and Bildad the Shuchi, and Tzophar the Na'amati; for they had made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

JOB 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and recognized him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they made the keri'ah every one on his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Shomayim.

JOB 2:13 So they sat [shiva] with him upon the ground shivat yamim and shivat lailah, and none spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his suffering was very great.

JOB 2:14 After this opened Iyov his mouth, and cursed his yom.

JOB 3:1 And Iyov spoke, and said,

JOB 3:2 Let the yom perish wherein I was born, and halailah in which it was said, There is a gever born.

JOB 3:3 Let that yom be choshech; let not Elohim regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

JOB 3:4 Let choshech and the tzalmavet (shadow of death) claim it; let an anan dwell upon it; let the blackness of the yom terrify it.

JOB 3:5 As for that lailah, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the yamim of the shanah, let it not come into the number of the months.

JOB 3:6 Hinei, let that lailah be barren; let no joyful shout come therein.

JOB 3:7 Let them curse it that curse the yom, who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

JOB 3:8 Let the kokhavim of the dawn thereof be dark; let it look for ohr, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the shachar,

JOB 3:9 Because it shut not up the dalatot of my motherʼs womb, nor hid amal (tzoros) from mine eyes.

JOB 3:10 Why did I not come to mot at birth? Why did I not perish when I came out of the beten (belly, womb) ?

JOB 3:11 Madua (why) were there birkayim to receive me? Or why the shadayim that from them I should nurse?

JOB 3:12 For atah (now) I would be lying still and quiet, have slept and been at rest,

JOB 3:13 With melachim and yo'atzim of ha'aretz, which build ruins for themselves;

JOB 3:14 Or with sarim (princes) that had zahav, who filled their batim (houses) with kesef;

JOB 3:15 Or as a hidden stillborn — I had not been! — as olelim which never saw ohr.

JOB 3:16 There the resha'im cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

JOB 3:17 There the asirim (prisoners, captives) rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

JOB 3:18 The katon and gadol are there; and the eved is free from his adon.

JOB 3:19 Why is ohr given to him that is in misery, and chayyim unto the bitter in nefesh;

JOB 3:20 Which long for mavet, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

JOB 3:21 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the kever?

JOB 3:22 Why is ohr given to a gever whose derech is hidden, and whom Elohim hath hedged in?

JOB 3:23 For my sighing cometh instead of lechem, and my groanings are poured out like the mayim.

JOB 3:24 For the pachad (terror) which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I dreaded is come unto me.

JOB 3:25 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; and rogez (tzoros, turmoil) came.

JOB 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temani answered and said,

JOB 4:2 If we attempt a davar with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

JOB 4:3 Hinei, thou hast instructed rabbim (many) , and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

JOB 4:4 Thy words have upheld him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble birkayim (knees) .

JOB 4:5 But atah (now) it is come upon thee, and thou art impatient; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

JOB 4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy tikveh, and the blamelessness of thy ways?

JOB 4:7 Consider now, who ever perished, being naki (innocent) ? Or where were the yesharim (upright ones) cut off?

JOB 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow amal (trouble) , reap the same.

JOB 4:9 By the neshamah (breath) of Eloah they perish, and by the ruach of His nostrils are they consumed.

JOB 4:10 The roaring of the aryeh, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

JOB 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of teref (prey) , and the stout lionʼs cubs are scattered.

JOB 4:12 Now a davar was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

JOB 4:13 In thoughts from the chezyonot lailah, when tardemah (deep sleep) falleth on anashim,

JOB 4:14 Pachad came upon me, and trembling, which made all my atzmot to shake.

JOB 4:15 Then a ruach passed before my face; the hair of my basar stood up;

JOB 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a temunah (form) was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

JOB 4:17 Shall enosh (mortal man) be seen as righteous by Eloah? Shall a man be tahor before his Maker?

JOB 4:18 Behold, He puts no trust in His avadim, and His malachim (angels) He charged with toholah (error) .

JOB 4:19 How much more them that dwell in batim (houses) of clay, whose yesod (foundation, origin) is in the dust, which are crushed like the moth?

JOB 4:20 They are destroyed from boker to erev; they perish forever without any regarding it.

JOB 4:21 Is not the cord of their tent which is in them pulled up? They die, even without chochmah (wisdom) .

JOB 5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and to which of the Kedoshim (holy ones) wilt thou turn?

JOB 5:2 For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one.

JOB 5:3 I have seen the fool taking shoresh (root) , but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

JOB 5:4 His banim are far from yesha (safety, salvation) , and they are crushed in the sha'ar (gate, before the public) , neither is there any to deliver them.

JOB 5:5 Whose katzir (harvest) the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even from among of the tzinnim (thorns) , and the intriguer pants after their wealth.

JOB 5:6 Although affliction springeth not forth of the aphar (dust) , neither doth amal (trouble, tzoros) sprout out of the adamah;

JOB 5:7 Yet adam is born unto amal (trouble, tzoros) , even as sparks fly upward.

JOB 5:8 I would seek El (G-d) , and before Elohim would I lay my cause;

JOB 5:9 Who doeth gedolot unsearchable, marvellous things without mispar;

JOB 5:10 Who giveth matar upon eretz, and sendeth mayim upon the fields;

JOB 5:11 To set up on high those that be the shefalim (the lowly ones) ; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety,

JOB 5:12 Thwarting the machshevot of the arumim (crafty ones) , so that their hands cannot accomplish tushiyyah (success) .

JOB 5:13 He taketh the chachamim in their own arum (craftiness) , and the etzah of the wily is swiftly swept away.

JOB 5:14 They meet with choshech in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the lailah,

JOB 5:15 But He saveth the needy from the cherev of their mouth, and from the yad chazak.

JOB 5:16 So the poor hath tikveh, and olatah (perversity, wickedness) stoppeth her mouth.

JOB 5:17 Hinei, ashrei is the enosh whom Eloah correcteth; therefore despise not thou the musar (chastening) of Shaddai;

JOB 5:18 For He woundeth, and bindeth up; He injureth, and His yadayim (hands) heal.

JOB 5:19 He shall deliver thee in shesh tzoros; yea, in shivah there shall no rah touch thee.

JOB 5:20 In ra'av (famine) He shall redeem thee from mavet; and in milchamah from the power of the cherev.

JOB 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the leshon, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

JOB 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the chayyat ha'aretz.

JOB 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the avanim of the sadeh, and the chayyat sadeh shall be hashelemah (at peace) with thee.

JOB 5:24 And thou shalt know that shalom shall be thy ohel; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and find nothing wanting.

JOB 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy zera shall be rav, and thine offspring as the esev ha'aretz.

JOB 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy kever in a ripe age, like a shock of grain cometh in its season.

JOB 5:27 Hinei zot, this we have searched out, so it is; hear it, and apply thou it for thy good.

JOB 6:1 But Iyov answered and said,

JOB 6:2 Oh that my ka'as (vexation) were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the scales together!

JOB 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas; therefore my words are impetuous.

JOB 6:4 For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.

JOB 6:5 Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

JOB 6:6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

JOB 6:7 The things that my nefesh refused to touch are like my loathsome lechem.

JOB 6:8 Who will grant that I might have my she'elah (request) ; oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!

JOB 6:9 Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off!

JOB 6:10 Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation) ; yea, I would exult in chilah (pain) ; let him not spare; for I have not concealed the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One) .

JOB 6:11 What is my koach, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should make patient my nefesh?

JOB 6:12 Is my koach the koach of avanim? Or is my basar bronze?

JOB 6:13 Is it that my help is not within me? And is tushiyyah (success) driven from me?

JOB 6:14 To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend; otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.

JOB 6:15 Achai (my brethren) have dealt deceitfully as a wadi, and as the torrents of wadis they vanish away;

JOB 6:16 Which are blackish muddy by reason of the kerakh (ice) , and wherein the sheleg (snow) is melted.

JOB 6:17 What season they become warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they disappear from their makom.

JOB 6:18 The paths of their derech wind about; they go up to tohu, and perish.

JOB 6:19 The caravans of Tema looked for them; the halichot (traveling companies) of Sheva hoped for them.

JOB 6:20 They were disappointed because of their bitachon; they come there and are confounded.

JOB 6:21 For now ye are become such; ye see my chatat (casting down) , and are afraid.

JOB 6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? Or, Give a present for me of your ko'ach (power, wealth) ?

JOB 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the yad tzar (hand of the enemy, oppressor) ? Or, Redeem me with a ransom from the yad of the tyrants?

JOB 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue, and cause me to have binah wherein I have erred.

JOB 6:25 How forcible are the imrei yosher (words of rectitude) ! But what doth your hokhiach (reproof) reprove?

JOB 6:26 Do ye think to reprove words? The words of one in despair, which are as ruach?

JOB 6:27 Yea, ye cast lots for the yatom, and over your friend ye barter.

JOB 6:28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for it is evident unto you if in me there is kazav (falsity) .

JOB 6:29 Turn, now, let there be no iniquity; yea, turn again; at issue is my tzedek (righteousness) .

JOB 6:30 Is there iniquity on my leshon? Cannot my palate discern havvot (perverse things) ?

JOB 7:1 Is there not a tzava (forced hard service in the army) to enosh (man) upon earth? Are not his days also like the yamim of a sachir (hired laborer) ?

JOB 7:2 As an eved earnestly longeth for tzel (shade) , and as a sachir waiteth for the wage of his work,

JOB 7:3 So am I made to possess months of shav (vanity, futility) , and lailot amal (nights of weariness) are appointed to me.

JOB 7:4 When I lie down, I say, Mosai (how long) till I arise? But the erev drags on, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto dawn.

JOB 7:5 My basar is clothed with worm and clod of aphar; my ohr (skin) is broken, and become loathsome.

JOB 7:6 My yamim are swifter than a weaverʼs shuttle, and are spent without tikveh.

JOB 7:7 O remember that my life is ruach (wind) ; mine eye shall no more see tov.

JOB 7:8 The ayin (eye) of him that hath seen me shall see me no longer; thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

JOB 7:9 Like the anan that fades and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

JOB 7:10 He shall return no more to his bais, neither shall his makom know him any more.

JOB 7:11 Therefore I will not curb my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my ruach; I will complain in the mar (bitterness) of my nefesh.

JOB 7:12 Am I a yam, or a tannin (monster of the yam [sea]) , that Thou settest a mishmar (guard watch) over me?

JOB 7:13 When I say, My bed shall give me nachamah (comfort) , my couch shall ease my complaint,

JOB 7:14 Then Thou frightenest me with chalomot (dreams) , and terrifiest me through chezyonot (visions) ,

JOB 7:15 So that my nefesh chooseth machanak (strangling) and mavet (death) rather than this skeleton.

JOB 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live l'olam, let me alone; for my yamim are hevel (vanity, meaningless) .

JOB 7:17 What is enosh (man) , that Thou shouldest make much of him? And that Thou shouldest set Thine lev upon him?

JOB 7:18 And that Thou shouldest visit him every boker, and try him every moment?

JOB 7:19 How long dost Thou not look away from me? Nor let me alone till I swallow down my rok (spittle) ?

JOB 7:20 Chatati (I have sinned) ; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou Notzer HaAdam (Observer of men) ? Why hast Thou set me as a mifgah (mark, target, something to be hit) to Thee, so that I am a massa (burden) to Thee?

JOB 7:21 And why dost Thou not pardon my peysha (transgression) , and take away my avon (iniquity) ? For now shall I sleep in the aphar; and Thou shalt search for me, but I shall be no more.

JOB 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuchi, and said,

JOB 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a raging ruach (wind) ?

JOB 8:3 Doth El pervert mishpat (justice) ? Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek?

JOB 8:4 If thy banim have sinned against Him, and He have cast them away for their peysha (transgression) ;

JOB 8:5 If thou wouldest seek El (G-d) earnestly, and make thy techinnah (supplication) to Shaddai;

JOB 8:6 If thou wert pure and yashar; surely now He would rouse Himself for thee, and restore the habitation of thy tzedek.

JOB 8:7 Though thy reshit (beginning) was small, yet thy acharit (end) shall be exceedingly great.

JOB 8:8 For inquire, now, of the dor rishon (former age) , and consider the research of their avot;

JOB 8:9 — For we are but of temol (yesterday, etmol) and know nothing, because yameinu (our days) upon earth are a tzel (shadow) —

JOB 8:10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and bring forth words out of their lev?

JOB 8:11 Can the papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the reed grow without mayim?

JOB 8:12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before kol khatzir (all grass) .

JOB 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget El (G-d) , and the tikvat chanef (hope of the hypocrite, the irreligious, the secretly wicked profane person) shall perish,

JOB 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose reliance shall be a bais akavish (spiderʼs web) .

JOB 8:15 He shall lean upon his bais, but it shall not stand, he shall cling to it, but it shall not hold.

JOB 8:16 He is like a green plant before the shemesh, and its branch shooteth forth in its gan (garden) .

JOB 8:17 Its shorashim (roots) are wrapped about the rock heap, and it looks on the bais avanim (place of stones) .

JOB 8:18 But when cast away from its makom, then its place shall deny it, saying, Loh re'iticha (I never saw thee) .

JOB 8:19 Behold, thus was the joy of its derech, and others spring forth from the aphar (dust) .

JOB 8:20 Surely El (G-d) will not cast away a blameless man, neither will He help the resha'im (evil-doers) ;

JOB 8:21 Till He fill thy mouth with sechok (laughter) , and thy lips with teruah (shouts of joy) .

JOB 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with bushah (shame) , and the ohel resha'im shall be no more.

JOB 9:1 Then Iyov answered and said,

JOB 9:2 I know it is indeed thus, but how should yitzdak Enosh im El (Man be in the right, justified, before G-d) ?

JOB 9:3 If he will contend with Him, once of a thousand can Man not answer G-d back.

JOB 9:4 G-d is chochom in lev, and mighty in ko'ach; who hath hardened himself to defy Him and remained unhurt?

JOB 9:5 Which removeth the harim (mountains) , and they know not; which overturneth them in His anger;

JOB 9:6 Which shaketh eretz out of its place, and the ammudim thereof tremble;

JOB 9:7 Which commandeth the cheres (sun) , and it riseth not; and sealeth up the kokhavim;

JOB 9:8 Which spreadeth out Shomayim by Himself alone, and treadeth upon the waves of the yam;

JOB 9:9 Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the constellations on the south side of the heavens;

JOB 9:10 Which doeth gedolot past finding out; yea, and nifla'ot (wonders) without number.

JOB 9:11 Hen (lo) , He passeth by me, and I see Him not; He goeth on also, but I perceive Him not.

JOB 9:12 Hinei, He taketh away, who can stop Him? Who will say unto Him, Mah ta'aseh (what are You doing) ?

JOB 9:13 If Eloah restraineth not His anger, the helpers of Rahab must bow themselves under Him.

JOB 9:14 How much less shall I dispute with Him, and choose my devarim with Him?

JOB 9:15 Whom, though I were tzaddik (righteous, innocent, in the right) , yet would I not answer, but I would make techinnah (supplication, plea for mercy) for my mishpat (right) .

JOB 9:16 If I had summoned, and He had responded to me, yet would I not believe that He had paid heed unto my kol (voice) ;

JOB 9:17 For He breaketh me in a sa'arah (tempest, storm) , and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

JOB 9:18 He will not allow me to take my ruach (breath) , but filleth me with bitterness.

JOB 9:19 If I speak of ko'ach, hinei, He is mighty, and if of mishpat, who can give Him a court summons?

JOB 9:20 If etzdak (I am justified, in the right) , mine own mouth would condemn me; if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.

JOB 9:21 Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my nefesh; I would despise my life.

JOB 9:22 This is one thing; therefore I said it, He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked) .

JOB 9:23 If the shot (scourge) slay suddenly, He laugheth at the melting away [in anguish] of the nekiyim (innocent ones, the guiltless ones) .

JOB 9:24 Eretz is given into the yad of the resha; He blindfoldeth the faces of the shofetim (judges) thereof; if not, then, who doeth it?

JOB 9:25 Now my yamim are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no tovah.

JOB 9:26 They slip by like oniyyot (boats) of reed; as the nesher that swoopeth down on the prey.

JOB 9:27 If I say, I will forget my si'akh (complaint) , I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself,

JOB 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I have da'as that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.

JOB 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labor I in hevel (vain) ?

JOB 9:30 If I wash myself with sheleg (snow) , and make my hands clean with lye,

JOB 9:31 Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit) , and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

JOB 9:32 For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in mishpat (in the court) .

JOB 9:33 Neither is there any mochiach (arbitrator) between us, that might lay his yad upon us both.

JOB 9:34 Let Him take His shevet (rod) away from me, and let not His fear terrify me.

JOB 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear Him; but it is not ken (so) with me.

JOB 10:1 My nefesh is sick of my life; I will give free rein to my si'akh (complaint) ; I will speak in the mar (bitterness) of my nefesh.

JOB 10:2 I will say unto Eloah, Do not condemn me; show me what charge Thou dost contend with me.

JOB 10:3 Is it hatov (pleasing) unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest reject the work of Thine hands, and shine [favor] upon the etzah (scheme) of the resha'im?

JOB 10:4 Hast Thou eyes of basar? Or seest Thou as enosh seeth?

JOB 10:5 Are Thy yamim like the yamim of enosh? Are Thy years like the days of gever (man) ,

JOB 10:6 That Thou seekest after mine avon, and searchest after my chattat?

JOB 10:7 Though Thou has da'as that I am not a resha, and there is none that can deliver out of Thine yad,

JOB 10:8 Thine yadayim have formed me and altogether round about have fashioned me; yet Thou hast now swallowed me.

JOB 10:9 Remember, now, that Thou hast molded me like the chomer (clay) , and wilt Thou turn me into aphar again?

JOB 10:10 Hast Thou not poured me out like cholov, and curdled me like gvinah (cheese) ?

JOB 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with ohr and basar, and hast knitted me together with atzmot and sinews.

JOB 10:12 Thou hast granted me chayyim and chesed, and Thy visitation hath been shomer over my ruach.

JOB 10:13 And these things hast Thou hid in Thine lev; I have da'as that this was in Thy mind.

JOB 10:14 If I sin, then Thou art shomer over me, and Thou wilt not let my avon go unpunished.

JOB 10:15 If I am guilty, woe unto me; even if I be tzaddik (innocent) , yet will I not lift up my head, being full of kalon (shame) and conscious of my oni (misery) ,

JOB 10:16 For if my head is held high, Thou stalkest me like a fierce lion, and ever Thou displayest Thy awesome power against me.

JOB 10:17 Thou bringest Thy fresh edim (witnesses) against me, and increasest Thine hot indignation toward me; in waves Thy tzava troop against me.

JOB 10:18 Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the rechem (womb) ? Oh that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!

JOB 10:19 I should have been as though I had never been; I should have been carried from the beten straight to the kever.

JOB 10:20 Are not my yamim few? Then cease, and let me alone, that I may take a little cheer

JOB 10:21 Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the Eretz Choshech V'Tzalmavet,

JOB 10:22 An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order) , where the light is like darkness.

JOB 11:1 Then answered Tzophar the Na'amati, and said,

JOB 11:2 Should not the multitude of devarim be answered? And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified) ?

JOB 11:3 Should thy vain talk silence men, so that thou mockest, v'ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame) ?

JOB 11:4 For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.

JOB 11:5 But oh that Eloah would speak, and open His lips against thee,

JOB 11:6 And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! Have da'as therefore that Eloah forgetteth much of thy avon.

JOB 11:7 Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d) ? Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty) ?

JOB 11:8 It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da'as?

JOB 11:9 The measure thereof is longer than ha'aretz, and broader than the yam (sea) .

JOB 11:10 When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?

JOB 11:11 For He has da'as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?

JOB 11:12 But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!

JOB 11:13 If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,

JOB 11:14 If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.

JOB 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum; yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,

JOB 11:16 Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief) , and remember it as waters that flow by,

JOB 11:17 And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday) ; thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.

JOB 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh; yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

JOB 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.

JOB 11:20 But the eyes of the resha'im faileth, and they shall not escape, and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.

JOB 12:1 And Iyov answered and said,

JOB 12:2 Doubtless then ye are the people, and chochmah shall die with you!

JOB 12:3 But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

JOB 12:4 I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one) !

JOB 12:5 Those at ease have buz (contempt) for a downfall which awaits the one whose regel is slipping.

JOB 12:6 The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; they that defy El are secure, who Eloah brought forth by His yad.

JOB 12:7 But ask now the behemot, and they shall teach thee, and the oph haShomayim (birds of the air) , and they shall tell thee;

JOB 12:8 Or speak to ha'aretz, and it shall teach thee; and the dagim of the yam shall declare unto thee.

JOB 12:9 Of all of these, who lacketh da'as that the yad Hashem hath wrought this?

JOB 12:10 In whose yad is the nefesh of every living thing, and the ruach of kol basar ish.

JOB 12:11 Doth not the ozen (ear) test words? And the mouth tastes its ochel?

JOB 12:12 With the ancient ones is chochmah; and in orech yamim (length of days) is binah (understanding) .

JOB 12:13 With Him is chochmah and gevurah; He hath etzah and understanding.

JOB 12:14 See, what He tears down cannot be reconstructed; He shutteth up an ish, and there can be no prison release.

JOB 12:15 See, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn eretz.

JOB 12:16 With Him is oz (strength) and tushiyyah (true wisdom) ; the deceived and the deceiver are His.

JOB 12:17 He leadeth yoatzim (counsellors) away stripped, and maketh the shofetim (judges) fools.

JOB 12:18 He looseth the shackle of melachim (kings) , and girdeth their loins with loincloth.

JOB 12:19 He leadeth kohanim away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.

JOB 12:20 He removeth the speech of the ne'emanim (trusted ones) , and taketh away the understanding of the zekenim.

JOB 12:21 He poureth buz (contempt) upon nobles, and loosens the belt of the mighty.

JOB 12:22 He uncovers the depths of choshech, and bringeth tzalmavet to light.

JOB 12:23 He giveth prosperity to the Goyim, and then destroyeth them; He enlargeth them, and then carrieth the Goyim away.

JOB 12:24 He taketh away the lev (understanding) of the Rashei Am HaAretz, and sendeth them to tohu lo derech (trackless wilderness) .

JOB 12:25 They grope in the choshech without ohr, and He maketh them to stagger like a shikkor (drunken man) .

JOB 13:1 See, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ozen hath heard and understood it.

JOB 13:2 What ye know, of the same I have da'as also; I am not inferior unto you.

JOB 13:3 Surely I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to reason with El (G-d) .

JOB 13:4 But ye are forgers of sheker, ye are all rofim (physicians) of no value.

JOB 13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it should be your chochmah.

JOB 13:6 Hear now my tokhachat (protest, public argumentation) , and pay heed to the pleadings of my lips.

JOB 13:7 Will ye talk wickedly on behalf of El (G-d) and speak deceitfully for Him?

JOB 13:8 Will ye be partial to Him? Will ye play the part of the defense attorney for El?

JOB 13:9 Is it hatov that He should search you out? Or do you play the jester with Him, as one plays the jester with enosh?

JOB 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do act with partiality beseter (secretly) .

JOB 13:11 Shall not His majesty make you afraid? And the pachad of Him fall upon you?

JOB 13:12 Your zichron meshalim (memorable sayings) are like unto ashes, your defenses are strongholds of chomer (clay) .

JOB 13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that Ani (I) may speak, and let come on me what will.

JOB 13:14 Why do I take my basar in my teeth, and take my nefesh in mine yad?

JOB 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust in Him; but I will maintain my derech before Him.

JOB 13:16 He also shall be my Yeshu'ah (salvation) ; for a chanef (irreligious man, hypocrite) shall not come before Him.

JOB 13:17 Hear diligently my confession, and my declaration with your oznayim.

JOB 13:18 Hinei now, I have prepared my mishpat (cause, case) ; I know that I shall be acquitted.

JOB 13:19 Who is he that can contend against me? For atah (now) , if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.

JOB 13:20 Only do not shtayim (two things) unto me; then will I not hide myself from Thee.

JOB 13:21 Withdraw Thine hand far from me, and let not Thy eimah (dread, terror) make me afraid.

JOB 13:22 Then kerah (summon) , and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer me.

JOB 13:23 How many are mine avonot and chatta'ot? Make me to know my peysha and my chattat.

JOB 13:24 Lammah (why) hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?

JOB 13:25 Wilt Thou frighten away a leaf driven to and fro? And wilt Thou pursue the dry kash (straw, chaff) ?

JOB 13:26 For Thou writest down merorot (bitter things) against me, and makest me to inherit the avonot of my neurim (youth) .

JOB 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and observest kol orkhot (paths, ways) of me; Thou settest a mark upon the soles of my raglayim,

JOB 13:28 Around one who wastes away as a rotten thing, as a beged (garment) that is moth eaten.

JOB 14:1 Adam that is born of isha is of few yamim and full of rogez (unrest) .

JOB 14:2 He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower) , and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.

JOB 14:3 And doth Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into mishpat with Thee?

JOB 14:4 Who can bring a tahor (clean thing) out of a tameh (an unclean) ? Loh echad (No one) .

JOB 14:5 Seeing his yamim are determined, the number of his chodashim (months) are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his limits that he cannot exceed.

JOB 14:6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a sachir (a hired man) , his day.

JOB 14:7 For there is tikveh of an etz, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

JOB 14:8 Though the shoresh (root) thereof grow old in ha'aretz, and the stump thereof die in the aphar (dust) ,

JOB 14:9 Yet through the scent of mayim it will bud, and bring forth branches like a young plant.

JOB 14:10 But gever dieth, and wasteth away; yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he?

JOB 14:11 As the mayim flow away from the yam, and the nahar (stream) becomes parched and drieth up,

JOB 14:12 So ish lieth down, and riseth not, till Shomayim be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

JOB 14:13 O that Thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldest conceal me until Thy wrath has passed, that Thou wouldest appoint me a chok (set time) , and remember me!

JOB 14:14 If a gever die, shall he live again? All the days of my tzava (hard army service) will I wait, till my chalifah (changing, renewal) come.

JOB 14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt have a desire for the ma'aseh (work) of Thine hands.

JOB 14:16 For now Thou countest my steps. Dost Thou not watch over my chattat?

JOB 14:17 My peysha is sealed up in a bag, and Thou would cover over mine avon.

JOB 14:18 And surely the har (mountain) falling crumbles, and the tzur (rock) is moved out of its place.

JOB 14:19 The mayim wear away the avanim; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the aphar aretz; and Thou destroyest the tikvat enosh.

JOB 14:20 Thou prevailest lanetzach (forever) against him, and he passeth away; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

JOB 14:21 His banim come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

JOB 14:22 Only his basar shall have pain upon him, and his nefesh within him shall mourn.

JOB 15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temani, and said,

JOB 15:2 Should a chacham (wise man) utter vain knowledge, and fill his inner being with the east wind?

JOB 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable davar (talk) ? Or with speeches wherewith no good is done?

JOB 15:4 Yea, thou makest void yireh [Elohim], and doth diminish si'akh (meditation) before El.

JOB 15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine avon, and thou choosest the leshon arumim (tongue of the crafty) .

JOB 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and loh Ani (not I) ; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

JOB 15:7 Art thou harishon adam (the first man) that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?

JOB 15:8 Hast thou attended to the sod Eloah (counsel of G-d) ? And dost thou limit chochmah to thyself?

JOB 15:9 Of what dost thou have da'as, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

JOB 15:10 Both the grayheaded and very aged men are among us, much elder than avicha.

JOB 15:11 Are the tanechumot El (consolations of G-d) not enough for thee? Or the davar that deals gently with thee?

JOB 15:12 Why doth thine lev carry thee away? And why do thy eyes flash,

JOB 15:13 That thou ventest thy ruach against El (G-d) , and lettest such words pour out of thy mouth?

JOB 15:14 What is enosh, that he should be pure [in the sight of Hashem ]? And he which is born of an isha, that yitzdak (he should be in the right) ?

JOB 15:15 If He trusteth not His Kedoshim; yea, Shomayim is not pure in His eyes.

JOB 15:16 How much more vile and corrupt is ish, which drinketh iniquity like mayim?

JOB 15:17 I will show thee, shema to me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

JOB 15:18 Things which chachamim declare from their avot without concealment;