1 And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

1 וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2 Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

2 הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֹֽו׃

3 Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

3 הֹוכֵ֣חַ בְּ֭דָבָר לֹ֣א יִסְכֹּ֑ון וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים לֹא־יֹועִ֥יל בָּֽם׃

4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

4 אַף־אַ֭תָּה תָּפֵ֣ר יִרְאָ֑ה וְתִגְרַ֥ע יחָ֗ה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃

5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

5 כִּ֤י יְאַלֵּ֣ף עֲוֹנְךָ֣ פִ֑יךָ וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר לְשֹׁ֣ון עֲרוּמִֽים׃

6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

6 יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ פִ֣יךָ וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃

7 Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

7 הֲרִאישֹׁ֣ון אָ֭דָם תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְבָעֹ֣ות חֹולָֽלְתָּ׃

8 Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

8 הַבְסֹ֣וד אֱלֹ֣והַ תִּשְׁמָ֑ע וְתִגְרַ֖ע אֵלֶ֣יךָ חָכְמָֽה׃

9 What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

9 מַה־יָּ֭דַעְתָּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע תָּ֝בִ֗ין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּ֥נוּ הֽוּא׃

10 With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

10 גַּם־שָׂ֣ב גַּם־יָשִׁ֣ישׁ בָּ֑נוּ כַּבִּ֖יר מֵאָבִ֣יךָ יָמִֽים׃

11 Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

11 הַמְעַ֣ט מִ֭מְּךָ תַּנְחֻמֹ֣ות אֵ֑ל וְ֝דָבָ֗ר לָאַ֥ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

12 Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

12 מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

13 כִּֽי־תָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֵ֣ל רוּחֶ֑ךָ וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ מִפִּ֣יךָ מִלִּֽין׃

14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

14 מָֽה־אֱנֹ֥ושׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

15 Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

15 הֵ֣ן בִּקְדֹשֹׁו בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃

16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

16 אַ֭ף כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה כַמַּ֣יִם עַוְלָֽה׃

17 Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

17 אֲחַוְךָ֥³ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃

18 (The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

18 אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִ֥ים יַגִּ֑ידוּ וְלֹ֥א כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ מֵאֲבֹותָֽם׃

19 For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)

19 לָהֶ֣ם לְ֭בַדָּם נִתְּנָ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־עָ֖בַר זָ֣ר בְּתֹוכָֽם׃

20 The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

20 כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחֹולֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃

21 A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

21 קֹול־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁלֹ֗ום שֹׁודֵ֥ד יְבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃

22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

22 לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְצָפוּ וְצָפ֖וּי ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃

23 He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

23 נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע׀ כִּֽי־נָכֹ֖ון בְּיָדֹ֣ו יֹֽום־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

24 He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

24 יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֹֽור׃

25 Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

25 כִּֽי־נָטָ֣ה אֶל־אֵ֣ל יָדֹ֑ו וְאֶלשַ֝־דַּ֗י יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃

26 Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,

26 יָר֣וּץ אֵלָ֣יו בְּצַוָּ֑אר בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י גַּבֵּ֥י מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃

27 Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

27 כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבֹּ֑ו וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃

28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

28 וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ון׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָדֹ֗ות בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מֹו אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

29 לֹֽא־יֶ֖עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵילֹ֑ו וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃

30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

30 לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתֹּו תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃

31 Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

31 אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בַּשֹּׁו בַּשָּׁ֣יו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּישָ֝֗־וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֹֽו׃

32 His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

32 בְּֽלֹא־יֹ֭ומֹו תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃

33 He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.

33 יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְרֹ֑ו וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֹֽו׃

34 For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

34 כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃

35 Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

35 הָרֹ֣ה עָ֭מָל וְיָ֣לֹד³ אָ֑וֶן וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם תָּכִ֥ין מִרְמָֽה׃