--- title: Job 15 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 15 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 15 # Job 15 35 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.1/) — וַיַּעַן אֱלִיפַז הַֽתֵּימָנִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said: - [15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.2/) — הֶֽחָכָם יַעֲנֶה דַֽעַת־רוּחַ וִֽימַלֵּא קָדִים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ — Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? - [15:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.3/) — הוֹכֵחַ בְּדָבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֹן וּמִלִּים לֹא־יוֹעִיל בָּֽם׃ — Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? - [15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.4/) — אַף־אַתָּה תָּפֵר יִרְאָה וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה לִפְנֵי־אֵֽל׃ — Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God. - [15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.5/) — כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים׃ — For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. - [15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.6/) — יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ פִיךָ וְלֹא־אָנִי וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ יַעֲנוּ־בָֽךְ׃ — Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. - [15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.7/) — הֲרִאישׁוֹן אָדָם תִּוָּלֵד וְלִפְנֵי גְבָעוֹת חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ — Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? - [15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.8/) — הַבְסוֹד אֱלוֹהַ תִּשְׁמָע וְתִגְרַע אֵלֶיךָ חָכְמָֽה׃ — Dost thou hearken in the council of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? - [15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.9/) — מַה־יָּדַעְתָּ וְלֹא נֵדָע תָּבִין וְֽלֹא־עִמָּנוּ הֽוּא׃ — What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us? - [15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.10/) — גַּם־שָׂב גַּם־יָשִׁישׁ בָּנוּ כַּבִּיר מֵאָבִיךָ יָמִֽים׃ — With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father. - [15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.11/) — הַמְעַט מִמְּךָ תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל וְדָבָר לָאַט עִמָּֽךְ׃ — Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee? - [15:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.12/) — מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ לִבֶּךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמוּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ — Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes wink? - [15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.13/) — כִּֽי־תָשִׁיב אֶל־אֵל רוּחֶךָ וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּֽין׃ — That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth. - [15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.14/) — מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּה וְכִֽי־יִצְדַּק יְלוּד אִשָּֽׁה׃ — What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? - [15:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.15/) — הֵן בִּקְדֹשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין וְשָׁמַיִם לֹא־זַכּוּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃ — Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight. - [15:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.16/) — אַף כִּֽי־נִתְעָב וְֽנֶאֱלָח אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶה כַמַּיִם עַוְלָֽה׃ — How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water! - [15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.17/) — אֲחַוְךָ שְֽׁמַֽע־לִי וְזֶֽה־חָזִיתִי וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ — I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare — - [15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.18/) — אֲשֶׁר־חֲכָמִים יַגִּידוּ וְלֹא כִֽחֲדוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ — Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it; - [15:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.19/) — לָהֶם לְבַדָּם נִתְּנָה הָאָרֶץ וְלֹא־עָבַר זָר בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ — Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them. - [15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.20/) — כָּל־יְמֵי רָשָׁע הוּא מִתְחוֹלֵל וּמִסְפַּר שָׁנִים נִצְפְּנוּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ — The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. - [15:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.21/) — קוֹל־פְּחָדִים בְּאָזְנָיו בַּשָּׁלוֹם שׁוֹדֵד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ — A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. - [15:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.22/) — לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃ — He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. - [15:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.23/) — נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ — He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. - [15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/) — יְֽבַעֲתֻהוּ צַר וּמְצוּקָה תִּתְקְפֵהוּ כְּמֶלֶךְ ׀ עָתִיד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃ — Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. - [15:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.25/) — כִּֽי־נָטָה אֶל־אֵל יָדוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ — Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; - [15:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.26/) — יָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר בַּעֲבִי גַּבֵּי מָֽגִנָּֽיו׃ — He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. - [15:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.27/) — כִּֽי־כִסָּה פָנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֹ וַיַּעַשׂ פִּימָה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃ — Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins; - [15:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.28/) — וַיִּשְׁכּוֹן ׀ עָרִים נִכְחָדוֹת בָּתִּים לֹא־יֵשְׁבוּ לָמוֹ אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּֽים׃ — And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps. - [15:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.29/) — לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃ — He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth. - [15:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.30/) — לֹֽא־יָסוּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ יֹֽנַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּשׁ שַׁלְהָבֶת וְיָסוּר בְּרוּחַ פִּֽיו׃ — He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away. - [15:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.31/) — אַל־יַאֲמֵן בַּשָּׁיו נִתְעָה כִּי־שָׁוְא תִּהְיֶה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃ — Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense. - [15:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.32/) — בְּֽלֹא־יוֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵא וְכִפָּתוֹ לֹא רַעֲנָֽנָה׃ — It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy. - [15:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.33/) — יַחְמֹס כַּגֶּפֶן בִּסְרוֹ וְיַשְׁלֵךְ כַּזַּיִת נִצָּתֽוֹ׃ — He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. - [15:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.34/) — כִּֽי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃ — For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. - [15:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.35/) — הָרֹה עָמָל וְיָלֹדאָוֶן וּבִטְנָם תָּכִין מִרְמָֽה׃ס — They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit. - ← previous: [Job 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/14/) - next →: [Job 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/16/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)