1 GLT فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 GLT «صَحِيحٌ. قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا، فَكَيْفَ يَتَبَرَّرُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ؟ BSB BSB: “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3 GLT إِنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يُحَاجَّهُ، لَا يُجِيبُهُ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ أَلْفٍ. BSB BSB: If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 GLT هُوَ حَكِيمُ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَشَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ. مَنْ تَصَلَّبَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَلِمَ؟ BSB BSB: God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5 GLT ٱلْمُزَحْزِحُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ، ٱلَّذِي يَقْلِبُهَا فِي غَضَبِهِ. BSB BSB: He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6 GLT ٱلْمُزَعْزِعُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ مَقَرِّهَا، فَتَتَزَلْزَلُ أَعْمِدَتُهَا. BSB BSB: He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 GLT ٱلْآمِرُ ٱلشَّمْسَ فَلَا تُشْرِقُ، وَيَخْتِمُ عَلَى ٱلنُّجُومِ. BSB BSB: He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8 GLT ٱلْبَاسِطُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَحْدَهُ، وَٱلْمَاشِي عَلَى أَعَالِي ٱلْبَحْرِ. BSB BSB: He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 GLT صَانِعُ ٱلنَّعْشِ وَٱلْجَبَّارِ وَٱلثُّرَيَّا وَمَخَادِعِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. BSB BSB: He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 GLT فَاعِلُ عَظَائِمَ لَا تُفْحَصُ، وَعَجَائِبَ لَا تُعَدُّ. BSB BSB: He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11 GLT «هُوَذَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيَّ وَلَا أَرَاهُ، وَيَجْتَازُ فَلَا أَشْعُرُ بِهِ. BSB BSB: Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12 GLT إِذَا خَطَفَ فَمَنْ يَرُدُّهُ؟ وَمَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ BSB BSB: If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 GLT ٱللهُ لَا يَرُدُّ غَضَبَهُ. يَنْحَنِي تَحْتَهُ أَعْوَانُ رَهَبَ. BSB BSB: God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14 GLT كَمْ بِٱلْأَقَلِّ أَنَا أُجَاوِبُهُ وَأَخْتَارُ كَلَامِي مَعَهُ؟ BSB BSB: How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15 GLT لِأَنِّي وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لَا أُجَاوِبُ، بَلْ أَسْتَرْحِمُ دَيَّانِي. BSB BSB: For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 GLT لَوْ دَعَوْتُ فَٱسْتَجَابَ لِي، لَمَا آمَنْتُ بِأَنَّهُ سَمِعَ صَوْتِي. BSB BSB: If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 GLT ذَاكَ ٱلَّذِي يَسْحَقُنِي بِٱلْعَاصِفَةِ، وَيُكْثِرُ جُرُوحِي بِلَا سَبَبٍ. BSB BSB: For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 GLT لَا يَدَعُنِي آخُذُ نَفَسِي، وَلَكِنْ يُشْبِعُنِي مَرَائِرَ. BSB BSB: He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 GLT إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ قُوَّةِ ٱلْقَوِيِّ، يَقُولُ: هَأَنَذَا. وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْقَضَاءِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ يُحَاكِمُنِي؟ BSB BSB: If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 GLT إِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ يَحْكُمُ عَلَيَّ فَمِي، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ كَامِلًا يَسْتَذْنِبُنِي. BSB BSB: Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 GLT «كَامِلٌ أَنَا. لَا أُبَالِي بِنَفْسِي. رَذَلْتُ حَيَاتِي. BSB BSB: Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 GLT هِيَ وَاحِدَةٌ. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ٱلْكَامِلَ وَٱلشِّرِّيرَ هُوَ يُفْنِيهِمَا. BSB BSB: It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 GLT إِذَا قَتَلَ ٱلسَّوْطُ بَغْتَةً، يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِتَجْرِبَةِ ٱلْأَبْرِيَاءِ. BSB BSB: When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 GLT ٱلْأَرْضُ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لِيَدِ ٱلشِّرِّيرِ. يُغَشِّي وُجُوهَ قُضَاتِهَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُوَ، فَإِذًا مَنْ؟ BSB BSB: The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 GLT أَيَّامِي أَسْرَعُ مِنْ عَدَّاءٍ، تَفِرُّ وَلَا تَرَى خَيْرًا. BSB BSB: My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 GLT تَمُرُّ مَعَ سُفُنِ ٱلْبَرْدِيِّ. كَنَسْرٍ يَنْقَضُّ إِلَى قَنَصِهِ. BSB BSB: They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 GLT إِنْ قُلْتُ: أَنْسَى كُرْبَتِي، أُطْلِقُ وَجْهِي وَأَتَبَلَّجُ، BSB BSB: If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 GLT أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لَا تُبَرِّئُنِي. BSB BSB: I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 GLT أَنَا مُسْتَذْنَبٌ، فَلِمَاذَا أَتْعَبُ عَبَثًا؟ BSB BSB: Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 GLT وَلَوِ ٱغْتَسَلْتُ فِي ٱلثَّلْجِ، وَنَظَّفْتُ يَدَيَّ بِٱلْإِشْنَانِ، BSB BSB: If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 GLT فَإِنَّكَ فِي ٱلنَّقْعِ تَغْمِسُنِي حَتَّى تَكْرَهَنِي ثِيَابِي. BSB BSB: then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 GLT لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ إِنْسَانًا مِثْلِي فَأُجَاوِبَهُ، فَنَأْتِي جَمِيعًا إِلَى ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ. BSB BSB: For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 GLT لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا مُصَالِحٌ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى كِلَيْنَا. BSB BSB: Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34 GLT لِيَرْفَعْ عَنِّي عَصَاهُ وَلَا يَبْغَتْنِي رُعْبُهُ. BSB BSB: Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35 GLT إِذًا أَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا أَخَافُهُ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ هَكَذَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِي. BSB BSB: Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.