איוב כ״ט
Job 29
Hebrew
וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יּוֹב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁל֗וֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֥נִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶ֑דֶם כִּ֝ימֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי׃ בְּהִלּ֣וֹ נֵ֭רוֹ עֲלֵ֣י רֹאשִׁ֑י לְ֝אוֹר֗וֹ אֵ֣לֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּימֵ֣י חׇרְפִּ֑י בְּס֥וֹד אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ עֲלֵ֣י אׇהֳלִֽי׃ בְּע֣וֹד שַׁ֭דַּי עִמָּדִ֑י סְבִ֖יבוֹתַ֣י נְעָרָֽי׃ בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃ בְּצֵ֣אתִי שַׁ֣עַר עֲלֵי־קָ֑רֶת בָּ֝רְח֗וֹב אָכִ֥ין מוֹשָׁבִֽי׃ רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִ֝ישִׁישִׁ֗ים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃ שָׂ֭רִים עָצְר֣וּ בְמִלִּ֑ים וְ֝כַ֗ף יָשִׂ֥ימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם׃ קוֹל־נְגִידִ֥ים נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם לְחִכָּ֥ם דָּבֵֽקָה׃ כִּ֤י אֹ֣זֶן שָׁ֭מְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵ֑נִי וְעַ֥יִן רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי׃ כִּֽי־אֲ֭מַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ׃ בִּרְכַּ֣ת אֹ֭בֵד עָלַ֣י תָּבֹ֑א וְלֵ֖ב אַלְמָנָ֣ה אַרְנִֽן׃ צֶ֣דֶק לָ֭בַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁ֑נִי כִּֽמְעִ֥יל וְ֝צָנִ֗יף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַעִוֵּ֑ר וְרַגְלַ֖יִם לַפִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי׃ אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ׃ וָ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃ וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃ שׇׁרְשִׁ֣י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי־מָ֑יִם וְ֝טַ֗ל יָלִ֥ין בִּקְצִירִֽי׃ כְּ֭בוֹדִי חָדָ֣שׁ עִמָּדִ֑י וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּיָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף׃ לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃ אַחֲרֵ֣י דְ֭בָרִי לֹ֣א יִשְׁנ֑וּ וְ֝עָלֵ֗ימוֹ תִּטֹּ֥ף מִלָּתִֽי׃ וְיִחֲל֣וּ כַמָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ אֶשְׂחַ֣ק אֲ֭לֵהֶם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ינוּ וְא֥וֹר פָּ֝נַ֗י לֹ֣א יַפִּילֽוּן׃ אֶ֥בְחַ֣ר דַּרְכָּם֮ וְאֵשֵׁ֢ב רֹ֥֫אשׁ וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּגְּד֑וּד כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֲבֵלִ֣ים יְנַחֵֽם׃
English Translation
Job again took up his theme and said: O that I were as in months gone by,
In the days when God watched over me, When God’s lamp shone over my head,
When I walked in the dark by its light, When I was in my prime,
When God’s company graced my tent, When Shaddai was still with me,
When my attendants surrounded me, When my feet were bathed in cream,
And rocks poured out streams of oil for me. When I passed through the city gates
To take my seat in the square, Young men saw me and hid,
Elders rose and stood; Nobles held back their words;
They clapped their hands to their mouths. The voices of princes were hushed;
Their tongues stuck to their palates. The ear that heard me acclaimed me;
The eye that saw, commended me. For I saved the pauper who cried out,
The orphan who had no helper. I received the blessing of the lost;
I gladdened the heart of the widow. I clothed myself in righteousness and it robed me;
Justice was my cloak and turban. I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy,
And I looked into the case of the stranger. I broke the jaws of the wrongdoer,
And I wrested prey from his teeth. I thought I would end my days with my family,afamily Lit. “nest.”
And be as long-lived as the phoenix,bbe as long-lived as the phoenix In contrast to others “multiply days like sand.” My roots reaching water,
And dew lying on my branches; My vigor refreshed,
My bow ever new in my hand. Men would listen to me expectantly,
And wait for my counsel. After I spoke they had nothing to say;
My words were as drops [of dew] upon them. They waited for me as for rain,
For the late rain, their mouths open wide. When I smiled at them, they would not believe it;
They never expectedcexpected Taking yappilun as from pll; cf. Gen. 48.11. a sign of my favor. I decided their course and presided over them;
I lived like a king among his troops,
Like one who consoles mourners.
In the days when God watched over me, When God’s lamp shone over my head,
When I walked in the dark by its light, When I was in my prime,
When God’s company graced my tent, When Shaddai was still with me,
When my attendants surrounded me, When my feet were bathed in cream,
And rocks poured out streams of oil for me. When I passed through the city gates
To take my seat in the square, Young men saw me and hid,
Elders rose and stood; Nobles held back their words;
They clapped their hands to their mouths. The voices of princes were hushed;
Their tongues stuck to their palates. The ear that heard me acclaimed me;
The eye that saw, commended me. For I saved the pauper who cried out,
The orphan who had no helper. I received the blessing of the lost;
I gladdened the heart of the widow. I clothed myself in righteousness and it robed me;
Justice was my cloak and turban. I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy,
And I looked into the case of the stranger. I broke the jaws of the wrongdoer,
And I wrested prey from his teeth. I thought I would end my days with my family,afamily Lit. “nest.”
And be as long-lived as the phoenix,bbe as long-lived as the phoenix In contrast to others “multiply days like sand.” My roots reaching water,
And dew lying on my branches; My vigor refreshed,
My bow ever new in my hand. Men would listen to me expectantly,
And wait for my counsel. After I spoke they had nothing to say;
My words were as drops [of dew] upon them. They waited for me as for rain,
For the late rain, their mouths open wide. When I smiled at them, they would not believe it;
They never expectedcexpected Taking yappilun as from pll; cf. Gen. 48.11. a sign of my favor. I decided their course and presided over them;
I lived like a king among his troops,
Like one who consoles mourners.
About This Text
Source
Job
Category
Tanach
Reference
Job 29
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