Job 34
1Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 1
2Hear my words, O ye chachamim; 1 and give ear unto me, ye that have da'as. 1
3For the ozen trieth words, 1 as the mouth tasteth food. 1
4Let us choose for ourselves what is mishpat (right); 1 let us know among ourselves what is tov. 1
5For Iyov hath said, I am innocent; 1 and El hath taken away my mishpat (right). 1
6I declare the mishpat (case) against me a lie; 1 though without peysha, my arrow wound is incurable. 1
7What gever is like Iyov, 1 who drinketh up the scorn [of his friends] like mayim? 1
8Who goeth in chaverah with the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity, evildoers), 1 and walketh with anshei resha. 1
9For he hath said, 1 It profiteth a gever nothing that he should please Elohim. 1
10Therefore pay heed unto me ye anashei levav (men of understanding); 1 far be it from El, that He should do evil, 1 and from Shaddai, that He should do wrong. 1
11For the po'al adam (work of a man) shall He repay unto him, 1 and make every man to find according to the manʼs ways. 1
12Yea, surely El will not do wickedly, 1 neither will Shaddai pervert mishpat (justice). 1
13Who hath given Him right to rule the earth? 1 Or who hath appointed Him over the tevel? 1
14If He should so determine, 1 if He gather unto Himself His Ruach and His Neshamah, 1
15All basar would perish together, 1 and adam would return unto aphar. 1
16If now thou hast binah, hear this: 1 pay heed to the kol (voice) of my words. 1
17Shall even one that hateth mishpat (right) govern? 1 And wilt thou condemn Him that is Tzaddik and Kabir (the Mighty One)? 1
18Is it fit to say to a melech, Thou art beli'ya'al? 1 And to nobles, Ye are rasha. 1
19Who shows no partiality to sarim (princes), 1 nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? 1 For they all are the ma'aseh (work) of His hands. 1
20In a moment shall they die, 1 and at chatzot lailah the people shall be shaken, and pass away, 1 and the mighty shall be taken away without human hand. 1
21For His eyes are upon the darkhei ish 1 and He seeth all his goings. 1
22There is no choshech, nor tzalmavet, 1 where the po'alei aven (evildoers) may hide themselves. 1
23For He does not need to consider an ish further 1 for anyone to go before El in mishpat (judgment). 1
24He shall break in pieces kabirim (mighty men) without investigation, 1 and sets acherim (others) in their place. 1
25Therefore He knoweth their works, 1 and He overthroweth them in the lailah, 1 so that they are crushed. 1
26He striketh them as resha'im 1 in the open sight of others; 1
27Because they turned back from following Him, 1 and would not regard any of His drakhim; 1
28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto Him, 1 and He heareth the cry of the aniyim. 1
29When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn? 1 When He hideth His panim, who then can behold Him? 1 Whether it be a nation, or an individual only? 1
30That the chanef (hypocrite) reign not, 1 nor those who ensnare the people. 1
31For has anyone said unto El, 1 I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more; 1
32Teach Thou me what I see not; 1 im (if) I have done iniquity, I will do no more? 1
33Will He then recompense to suit you, just because you disavow it? 1 Thou must choose, not I; 1 therefore speak that of which thou hast da'as. 1
34Let anshei levav (men of understanding) say to me, 1 and let a gever chacham who pays heed unto me say, 1
35Iyov hath spoken without da'as, 1 and his words were without seichel. 1
36Iyov ought to be tried unto the limit, 1 because his answers are those of anshei aven. 1
37For he addeth peysha unto his chattat, 1 he clappeth his hands (shaking fist at G-d) among us, 1 and multiplieth his words against El.