1Then answered Elifaz HaTemani, and said,
2“If one ventures a word unto you, will you be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
4Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.
5But now it is come upon you, and you are weary; it touches you, and you are frightened.
6Is not your fear of Elohim your confidence, and your hope the integrity of your ways?
7Remember, I pray, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.
9By the breath of Elohim they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
10The lion roars, and the fierce lion howls, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper thereof.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were made to shake.
15Then a spirit passed before my face, that made the hair of my flesh to stand up.
16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before my eyes; I heard a still voice,
17“Shall mortal man be just before Eloha? Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
18Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His Malakhim He charges with folly;
19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
20Between morning and evening they are shattered; they perish forever without any regarding it.
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.”
אוַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַתֵּימָנִי; וַיֹּאמַר,
בהֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה; וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָל.
גהִנֵּה יִסַּרְתָּ רַבִּים; וְיָדַיִם רָפוֹת תְּחַזֵּק.
דכּוֹשֵׁל יְקִימוּן מִלֶּיךָ; וּבִרְכַּיִם כֹּרְעוֹת תְּאַמֵּץ.
הכִּי עַתָּה תָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ וַתֵּלֶא; תִּגַּע עָדֶיךָ וַתִּבָּהֵל.
והֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ; תִּקְוָתְךָ וְתֹם דְּרָכֶיךָ.
זזְכָר נָא מִי הוּא נָקִי אָבָד; וְאֵיפֹה יְשָׁרִים נִכְחָדוּ.
חכַּאֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי חֹרְשֵׁי אָוֶן; וְזֹרְעֵי עָמָל יִקְצְרֻהוּ.
טמִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֹהַּ יֹאבֵדוּ; וּמֵרוּחַ אַפּוֹ יִכְלוּ.
ישַׁאֲגַת אַרְיֵה וְקוֹל שָׁחַל; וְשִׁנֵּי כְפִירִים נִתָּעוּ.
יאלַיִשׁ אֹבֵד מִבְּלִי טָרֶף; וּבְנֵי לָבִיא יִתְפָּרָדוּ.
יבוְאֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב; וַתִּקַּח אָזְנִי שֵׁמֶץ מֶנְהוּ.
יגבִּשְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת לָיְלָה; בִּנְפֹל תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל אֲנָשִׁים.
ידפַּחַד קְרָאַנִי וּרְעָדָה; וְרֹב עַצְמוֹתַי הִפְחִיד.
טווְרוּחַ עַל פָּנַי יַחֲלֹף; תְּסַמֵּר שַׂעֲרַת בְּשָׂרִי.
טזיַעֲמֹד וְלֹא אַכִּיר מַרְאֵהוּ תְּמוּנָה לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי;דְּמָמָה וָקוֹל אֶשְׁמָע.
יזהַאֱנוֹשׁ מֵאֱלוֹהַּ יִצְדָּק; אִם מֵעֹשֵׂהוּ יִטְהַר גָּבֶר.
יחהֵן בַּעֲבָדָיו לֹא יַאֲמִין; וּבְמַלְאָכָיו יָשִׂים תָּהֳלָה.
יטאַף שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם: יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי עָשׁ.
כמִבֹּקֶר לָעֶרֶב יֻכַּתּוּ; מִבְּלִי מֵשִׂים לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵדוּ.
כאהֲלֹא נִסַּע יִתְרָם בָּם; יָמוּתוּ וְלֹא בְחָכְמָה.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 