איוב ל׳
Job 30
Hebrew
וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָׂ֥חֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃ גַּם־כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃ בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃ מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃ בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃ תִּ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃ כִּֽי־[יִתְרִ֣י] (יתרו) פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֢ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אׇרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃ נָֽתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃ כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃ הׇהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃ וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֖אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ בְּרׇב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתׇּנְתִּ֣י יַאַזְרֵֽנִי׃ הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃ תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃ תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי (תשוה) [תּוּשִׁיָּֽה]׃ כִּֽי־יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכׇל־חָֽי׃ אַ֣ךְ לֹֽא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃ אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃ אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃ ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃ וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃
English Translation
But now those younger than I deride me,
Those whose fathers I would have disdained to put among my sheep dogs. Of what use to me is the strength of their hands?
All their vigoravigor Meaning of Heb. uncertain. is gone. Wasted from want and starvation,
They flee to a parched land,
To the gloom of desolate wasteland. They pluck saltwort and wormwood;
The roots of broom are their food. Driven out from society,bfrom society Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
They are cried at like a thief. They live in the gullies of wadis,
In holes in the ground, and in rocks, Braying among the bushes,
Huddling among the nettles, Scoundrels, nobodies,
Stricken from the earth. Now I am the butt of their gibes;
I have become a byword to them. They abhor me; they keep their distance from me;
They do not withhold spittle from my face. Because [God] has disarmedcdisarmed Lit. “loosened my [bow] string.” and humbled me,
They have thrown off restraint in my presence. Mere striplings assail me at my right hand:
They put me to flight;
They build their roads for my ruin. They tear up my path;
They promote my fall,
Although it does them no good. They come as through a wide breach;
They roll in like raging billows.dlike raging billows Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Terror tumbles upon me;
It sweeps away my honor like the wind;
My dignityedignity Heb. yeshuʻah taken as related to shoaʻ, “noble.” vanishes like a cloud. So now my life runs out;
Days of misery have taken hold of me. By night my bones feel gnawed;
My sinews never rest. fMeaning of verse uncertain. With great effort I change clothing;
The neck of my tunic fits my waist. [God] regarded me as clay,
I have become like dust and ashes. I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
I wait, but You do [not] consider me. You have become cruel to me;
With Your powerful hand You harass me. You lift me up and mount me on the wind;
You make my courage melt. I know You will bring me to death,
The house assigned for all the living. gMeaning of verse uncertain. Surely [God] would not strike at a ruin
If, in calamity, one cried out. Did I not weep for the unfortunate?
Did I not grieve for the needy? I looked forward to good fortune, but evil came;
I hoped for light, but darkness came. My bowels are in turmoil without respite;
Days of misery confront me. I walk about in sunless gloom;
I rise in the assembly and cry out. I have become a brother to jackals,
A companion to ostriches. My skin, blackened, is peeling off me;
My bones are charred by the heat. So my lyre is given over to mourning,
My pipe, to accompany weepers.
Those whose fathers I would have disdained to put among my sheep dogs. Of what use to me is the strength of their hands?
All their vigoravigor Meaning of Heb. uncertain. is gone. Wasted from want and starvation,
They flee to a parched land,
To the gloom of desolate wasteland. They pluck saltwort and wormwood;
The roots of broom are their food. Driven out from society,bfrom society Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
They are cried at like a thief. They live in the gullies of wadis,
In holes in the ground, and in rocks, Braying among the bushes,
Huddling among the nettles, Scoundrels, nobodies,
Stricken from the earth. Now I am the butt of their gibes;
I have become a byword to them. They abhor me; they keep their distance from me;
They do not withhold spittle from my face. Because [God] has disarmedcdisarmed Lit. “loosened my [bow] string.” and humbled me,
They have thrown off restraint in my presence. Mere striplings assail me at my right hand:
They put me to flight;
They build their roads for my ruin. They tear up my path;
They promote my fall,
Although it does them no good. They come as through a wide breach;
They roll in like raging billows.dlike raging billows Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Terror tumbles upon me;
It sweeps away my honor like the wind;
My dignityedignity Heb. yeshuʻah taken as related to shoaʻ, “noble.” vanishes like a cloud. So now my life runs out;
Days of misery have taken hold of me. By night my bones feel gnawed;
My sinews never rest. fMeaning of verse uncertain. With great effort I change clothing;
The neck of my tunic fits my waist. [God] regarded me as clay,
I have become like dust and ashes. I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
I wait, but You do [not] consider me. You have become cruel to me;
With Your powerful hand You harass me. You lift me up and mount me on the wind;
You make my courage melt. I know You will bring me to death,
The house assigned for all the living. gMeaning of verse uncertain. Surely [God] would not strike at a ruin
If, in calamity, one cried out. Did I not weep for the unfortunate?
Did I not grieve for the needy? I looked forward to good fortune, but evil came;
I hoped for light, but darkness came. My bowels are in turmoil without respite;
Days of misery confront me. I walk about in sunless gloom;
I rise in the assembly and cry out. I have become a brother to jackals,
A companion to ostriches. My skin, blackened, is peeling off me;
My bones are charred by the heat. So my lyre is given over to mourning,
My pipe, to accompany weepers.
About This Text
Source
Job
Category
Tanach
Reference
Job 30
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