Job 35 (Iyov) in Hebrew and English

35:1Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

אוַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

35:2“Think you this to be right, that you said, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

בהֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃

35:3For you said, ‘What advantage will it be unto you?’ and, ‘What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?’

גכִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכָּן־לָ֑ךְ מָֽה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

35:4I will answer you, and your companions with you.

דאֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

ההַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

35:6If you sin, what do you against Him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you unto Him?

ואִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעָל־בּ֑וֹ וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃

35:7If you be righteous, what give you Him? or what receives He of your hand?

זאִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃

35:8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.

חלְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

35:9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

טמֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

35:10But none says, ‘Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

יוְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

35:11Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?’

יאמַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

35:12There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

יבשָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃

35:13Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

יגאַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

35:14Although you say you shall not see Him, yet judgment is before Him; therefore trust you in Him.

ידאַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃

35:15But now, because it is not so, He has visited in His anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity:

טווְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃

35:16Therefore does Iyov (Job) open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

טזוְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃