Chapter 4

1Then Eliphaz the Temanite said in reply:

va-YA-an e-lee-FAZ ha-tay-ma-NEE va-yo-MAR

אוַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2If one ventures a word with you, will it be too much? But who can hold back his words?

ha-NIS-sah da-VAR e-LE-kha til-EH va-a-TZOR b'-mi-LIN mi YU-khal

בהֲנִסָּ֬ה דָבָ֣ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ תִּלְאֶ֑ה וַעְצֹ֥ר בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין מִ֣י יוּכָֽל׃

3See, you have encouraged many; You have strengthened failing hands.

hi-ne YI-sar-TA ra-BEEM v'-ya-da-YIM ra-FOT t'-cha-ZEK

גהִ֭נֵּה יִסַּ֣רְתָּ רַבִּ֑ים וְיָדַ֖יִם רָפ֣וֹת תְּחַזֵּֽק׃

4Your words have kept him who stumbled from falling; You have braced knees that gave way.

Ko-SHEL ye-ki-MUN mi-LE-kha u-vir-KA-yim kor-OT te-a-METZ

דכּ֭וֹשֵׁל יְקִימ֣וּן מִלֶּ֑יךָ וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם כֹּרְע֣וֹת תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃

5But now that it overtakes you, it is too much; It reaches you, and you are unnerved.

ki a-TAH ta-VO e-LE-kha va-te-LE tig-GA a-DE-kha va-ti-BA-HEL

הכִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה ׀ תָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַתֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃

6Is not your piety your confidence, Your integrity your hope?

ha-LO yir-a-TE-kha kis-la-TE-kha tik-va-TE-kha v'-TOM d'-ra-KHE-kha

והֲלֹ֣א יִ֭רְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ וְתֹ֣ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

7Think now, what innocent man ever perished? Where have the upright been destroyed?

ZE-khor-NA mee HU na-KEE a-VAD v'-AY-foh y'-sha-REEM nikh-KHA-du

זזְכׇר־נָ֗א מִ֤י ה֣וּא נָקִ֣י אָבָ֑ד וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה יְשָׁרִ֥ים נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

8As I have seen, those who plow evil And sow mischief reap them.

ka-a-SHER ra-EE-tee khor-SHEI a-VEN v'-zo-re-EI a-MAL yik-tz'-RU-hu

חכַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

9They perish by a blast from Hashem, Are gone at the breath of His nostrils.

mi-NISH-mat e-LO-a yo-VE-du u-m'-RU-akh a-PO yi-KLU

טמִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת אֱל֣וֹהַּ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וּמֵר֖וּחַ אַפּ֣וֹ יִכְלֽוּ׃

10The lion may roar, the cub may howl, But the teeth of the king of beasts are broken.

sha-a-GAT ar-YAY v'-KOL sha-KHAL v'-shi-NEI k'-fi-RIM ni-TA-u

ישַׁאֲגַ֣ת אַ֭רְיֵה וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃

11The lion perishes for lack of prey, And its whelps are scattered.

la-YISH o-VED mi-be-LEE-ta-REF u-ve-NAY la-VEE yit-pa-RA-du

יאלַ֭יִשׁ אֹבֵ֣ד מִבְּלִי־טָ֑רֶף וּבְנֵ֥י לָ֝בִ֗יא יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃

12A word came to me in stealth; My ear caught a whisper of it.

v'-E-lai da-VAR y'-gu-NAB, va-ti-KAKH a-Z'-ni SHE-mets men-HU

יבוְ֭אֵלַי דָּבָ֣ר יְגֻנָּ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֥ח אׇ֝זְנִ֗י שֵׁ֣מֶץ מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃

13In thought-filled visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,

bi-s'-i-PEEM me-khez-yo-NOT la-y'-LAH, bin-FOL tar-DE-mah al a-na-SHEEM

יגבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

14Fear and trembling came upon me, Causing all my bones to quake with fright.

PA-khad k'-ra-a-NEE u-r'-a-DAH v'-ROV ats-mo-TAI hif-KHEED

ידפַּ֣חַד קְ֭רָאַנִי וּרְעָדָ֑ה וְרֹ֖ב עַצְמוֹתַ֣י הִפְחִֽיד׃

15A wind passed by me, Making the hair of my flesh bristle.

v'-RU-akh al-PA-nai ya-cha-LOF t'-sa-MER sa-a-RAT b'-sa-REE

טווְ֭רוּחַ עַל־פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּשָׂרִֽי׃

16It halted; its appearance was strange to me; A form loomed before my eyes; I heard a murmur, a voice,

ya-a-MOD v'-lo a-KIR mar-E-hu t'-mu-NA l'-NE-ged ay-NAI d'-ma-MAH va-KOL esh-MA

טזיַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽלֹא־אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

17“Can mortals be acquitted by Hashem? Can man be cleared by his Maker?

ha-E-nosh me-E-lo-HA yitZ-DAK, im me-o-SE-hu yit-HAR ga-VER

יזהַ֭אֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱל֣וֹהַּ יִצְדָּ֑ק אִ֥ם מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ יִטְהַר־גָּֽבֶר׃

18If He cannot trust His own servants, And casts reproach on His angels,

HEN ba-a-va-DAV lo ya-a-MEEN u-v'-mal-a-KHAV ya-SEEM to-HA-lah

יחהֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תׇּהֳלָֽה׃

19How much less those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose origin is dust, Who are crushed like the moth,

af shokh-NAY ba-TAY-kho-MER a-SHER be-a-FAR ye-SO-dam ye-da-KE-um lif-NEI-aSH

יטאַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃

20Shattered between daybreak and evening, Perishing forever, unnoticed.

mi-BO-ker la-E-REV yu-KA-tu mi-b'-LI me-SIM la-NE-tsakh yo-VE-du

כמִבֹּ֣קֶר לָעֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָנֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

21Their cord is pulled up And they die, and not with wisdom.”

ha-LO ni-SA yit-RAM bam ya-MU-tu v'-LO b'-khok-MAH

כאהֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחׇכְמָֽה׃