Category Archives: Iyov (Job)

1 Next Tzofar the Na‘amati spoke up: 2 “Shouldn’t this torrent of words be answered? Does talking a lot make a person right? 3 Is your babble supposed to put others to silence? When you mock, is no one to make you ashamed? 4 “You claim that your teaching is pure; you tell [God], ‘I […]

1 Iyov responded: 2 “No doubt you are [the only] people [that matter]; and when you die, so will wisdom. 3 But I too have a brain, as much as you, In no way am I inferior to you. Besides, who doesn’t know things like these? 4 “Anyone who calls on God, and he answers […]

1 “All this I have seen with my own eyes; with my own ears I have heard and understood it. 2 Whatever you know, I know too; I am not inferior to you. 3 However, it’sShaddaiI want to speak with; I want to prove my case to God. 4 But you, what you do is […]

1 “A human being, born from a woman, lives a short, trouble-filled life. 2 He comes up like a flower and withers away, flees like a shadow, doesn’t last. 3 You fix your eyes on a creature like this? You drag him to court with you? 4 Who can bring what is pure from something […]

1 Then Elifaz the Teimani spoke: 2 “Should a wise man answer with hot-air arguments? Should he fill up his belly with the hot east wind? 3 Should he reason with useless talk or make speeches that do him no good? 4 “Why, you are abolishing fear of God and hindering prayer to him! 5 […]

1 In response Iyov said: 2 “I have heard this stuff so often! Such sorry comforters, all of you! 3 Is there no end to words of wind? What provokes you to answer this way? 4 “If I were in your place, I too could speak as you do — I could string phrases together […]

1 “My spirit is broken, my days are quenched, I am marked for the grave. 2 Mockers are all around me; my eye meets only their hostility. 3 Be my guarantor, yourself! Who else will put up a pledge for me? 4 For you have shut their minds to common sense; therefore you will not […]

1 Bildad the Shuchi said, 2 “When will you put an end to words? Think about it — then we’ll talk! 3 Why are we thought of as cattle, stupid in your view? 4 You can tear yourself to pieces in your anger, but the earth won’t be abandoned just for your sake; not even […]

1 Then Iyov answered: 2 “How long will you go on making me angry, crushing me with words? 3 You’ve insulted me ten times already; aren’t you ashamed to treat me so badly? 4 Even if it’s true that I made a mistake, my error stays with me. 5 “You may take a superior attitude […]

1 Tzofar the Na‘amati replied, 2 “My thoughts are pressing me to answer; I feel such an urge to speak! 3 I have heard reproof that outrages me, but a spirit past my understanding gives me a reply. 4 “Don’t you know that ever since time began, ever since humans were placed on earth, 5 […]