1 "I made a covenant with my eyes, How then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

1 בְּ֭רִית כָּרַ֣תִּי לְעֵינָ֑י וּמָ֥ה אֶ֝תְבֹּונֵ֗ן עַל־בְּתוּלָֽה׃

2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?

2 וּמֶ֤ה׀ חֵ֣לֶק אֱלֹ֣והַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת דַּ֗י מִמְּרֹמִֽים׃

3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

3 הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

4 Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?

4 הֲלֹא־ה֖וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפֹּֽור׃

5 "If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hurried to deceit

5 אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽי׃

6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know my integrity);

6 יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝לֹ֗והַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃

7 If my step has turned out of the way, If my heart walked after my eyes, If any defilement has stuck to my hands,

7 אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֪י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאֽוּם¹׃

8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

8 אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃

9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

9 אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃

10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.

10 תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃

11 For that would be a heinous crime; Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

11 כִּי־ הוּא הִ֥יא זִמָּ֑ה וְהִיא וְ֝ה֗וּא עָוֹ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃

12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

12 כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדֹּ֣ון תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃

13 "If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

13 אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃

14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

14 וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃

15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?

15 הֲ‍ֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃

16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

16 אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃

17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it

17 וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָתֹ֣ום מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

18 (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);

18 כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

19 אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ובֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֹֽון׃

20 If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

20 אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי חֲלָצֹו חֲלָצָ֑יו וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

21 אִם־הֲנִיפֹ֣ותִי עַל־יָתֹ֣ום יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃

22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.

22 כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפֹּ֑ול וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃

23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

23 כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵתֹ֗ו לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃

24 "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

24 אִם־שַׂ֣מְתִּי זָהָ֣ב כִּסְלִ֑י וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם אָמַ֥רְתִּי מִבְטַחִֽי׃

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

25 אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח כִּי־רַ֣ב חֵילִ֑י וְכִֽי־כַ֝בִּ֗יר מָצְאָ֥ה יָדִֽי׃

26 If I have seen the sun when it shined, Or the moon moving in splendor,

26 אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה אֹ֖ור כִּ֣י יָהֵ֑ל וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ יָקָ֥ר הֹלֵֽךְ׃

27 And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:

27 וַיִּ֣פְתְּ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לִבִּ֑י וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק יָדִ֣י לְפִֽי׃

28 This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God who is above.

28 גַּם־ה֖וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃

29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

29 אִם־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּפִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי־מְצָ֥אֹו רָֽע׃

30 (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

30 וְלֹא־נָתַ֣תִּי לַחֲטֹ֣א חִכִּ֑י לִשְׁאֹ֖ל בְּאָלָ֣ה נַפְשֹֽׁו׃

31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

31 אִם־לֹ֣א אָ֭מְרוּ מְתֵ֣י אָהֳלִ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֥ן מִ֝בְּשָׂרֹ֗ו לֹ֣א נִשְׂבָּֽע׃

32 (The foreigner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);

32 בַּ֭חוּץ לֹא־יָלִ֣ין גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃

33 If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart,

33 אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמֹ֖ון בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֹֽנִי׃

34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

34 כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱרֹ֨וץ׀ הָ֘מֹ֤ון רַבָּ֗ה וּבוּז־מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ות יְחִתֵּ֑נִי וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם לֹא־אֵ֥צֵא פָֽתַח׃

35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!

35 מִ֤י יִתֶּן־לִ֨י׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤עַֽ לִ֗י הֶן־תָּ֭וִי שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְסֵ֥פֶר כָּ֝תַ֗ב אִ֣ישׁ רִיבִֽי׃

36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.

36 אִם־לֹ֣א עַלשִ֭־כְמִי אֶשָּׂאֶ֑נּוּ אֶֽעֶנְדֶ֖נּוּ עֲטָרֹ֣ות לִֽי׃

37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.

37 מִסְפַּ֣ר צְ֭עָדַי אַגִּידֶ֑נּוּ כְּמֹו־נָ֝גִ֗יד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ׃

38 If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together;

38 אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃

39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:

39 אִם־כֹּ֖חָהּ אָכַ֣לְתִּי בְלִי־כָ֑סֶף וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃

40 Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

40 תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיֹּֽוב׃