Job 20 - Bible in Basic English with Hebrew
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said, | 1 וַ֭יַּעַן צֹפַ֥ר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | |
2 For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on. | 2 לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝בַעֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃ | |
3 I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom. | 3 מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ר֗וּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ | |
4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth, | 4 הֲזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַ֑ד מִנִּ֤י שִׂ֖ים אָדָ֣ם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | |
5 That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute? | 5 כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּרֹ֑וב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃ | |
6 Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; | 6 אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה לַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שִׂיאֹ֑ו וְ֝רֹאשֹׁ֗ו לָעָ֥ב יַגִּֽיעַ׃ | |
7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he? | 7 כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלֹו לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיֹּֽו׃ | |
8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night. | 8 כַּחֲלֹ֣ום יָ֭עוּף וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ וְ֝יֻדַּ֗ד כְּחֶזְיֹ֥ון לָֽיְלָה׃ | |
9 The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him. | 9 עַ֣יִן זָפַתּוּ וְלֹ֣א תֹוסִ֑יף וְלֹא־עֹ֝֗וד תְּשׁוּרֶ֥נּוּ מְקֹומֹֽו׃ | |
10 His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth. | 10 בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אֹונֹֽו׃ | |
11 His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust. | 11 עַ֭צְמֹותָיו מָלְא֣וּ עֲלוּמֹו עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמֹּ֗ו עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ | |
12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; | 12 אִם־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה תַּ֣חַת לְשֹׁונֹֽו׃ | |
13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; | 13 יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּתֹ֣וךְ חִכֹּֽו׃ | |
14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him. | 14 לַ֭חְמֹו בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ מְרֹורַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבֹּֽו׃ | |
15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. | 15 חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנֹ֗ו יֹֽורִשֶׁ֥נּוּ3 אֵֽל׃ | |
16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. | 16 רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים יִינָ֑ק תַּֽ֝הַרְגֵ֗הוּ לְשֹׁ֣ון אֶפְעֶֽה׃ | |
17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. | 17 אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגֹּ֑ות נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ | |
18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. | 18 מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָתֹ֗ו וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס׃ | |
19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; | 19 כִּֽי־רִ֭צַּץ עָזַ֣ב דַּלִּ֑ים בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יִבֶנֵֽהוּ׃ | |
20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. | 20 כִּ֤י׀ לֹא־יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּבִטְנֹ֑ו בַּ֝חֲמוּדֹ֗ו לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט׃ | |
21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. | 21 אֵין־שָׂרִ֥יד לְאָכְלֹ֑ו עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא־יָחִ֥יל טוּבֹֽו׃ | |
22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. | 22 בִּמְלֹ֣אות פְקֹו יֵ֣צֶר לֹ֑ו כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבֹואֶֽנּוּ׃ | |
23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain. | 23 יְהִ֤י׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנֹ֗ו יְֽשַׁלַּח־בֹּ֖ו חֲרֹ֣ון אַפֹּ֑ו וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימֹו בִּלְחוּמֹֽו׃ | |
24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him; | 24 יִ֭בְרַח מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃ | |
25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. | 25 שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֪א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָתֹ֥ו יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃ | |
26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. | 26 כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו3 תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֹֽו׃ | |
27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. | 27 יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֹנֹ֑ו וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקֹומָ֘מָ֥ה לֹֽו׃ | |
28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath. | 28 יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּיתֹ֑ו נִ֝גָּרֹ֗ות בְּיֹ֣ום אַפֹּֽו׃ | |
29 This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God. | 29 זֶ֤ה׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְרֹ֣ו מֵאֵֽל׃ | |
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