--- title: Job 36 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 36 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: Elihu also proceeded, and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/36/) [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 36 # Job 36 33 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [36:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.1/) — וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Elihu also proceeded, and said: - [36:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.2/) — כַּתַּר־לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ כִּי עוֹד לֶאֱלוֹהַּ מִלִּֽים׃ — Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf. - [36:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.3/) — אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי אֶֽתֵּֽן־צֶֽדֶק׃ — I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. - [36:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.4/) — כִּֽי־אָמְנָם לֹא־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּי תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּֽךְ׃ — For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee. - [36:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.5/) — הֶן־אֵל כַּבִּיר וְלֹא יִמְאָס כַּבִּיר כֹּחַֽ לֵֽב׃ — Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. - [36:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.6/) — לֹא־יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע וּמִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיִּים יִתֵּֽן׃ — He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right. - [36:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.7/) — לֹֽא־יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו וְאֶת־מְלָכִים לַכִּסֵּא וַיֹּשִׁיבֵם לָנֶצַח וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃ — He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted. - [36:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.8/) — וְאִם־אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּקִּים יִלָּכְדוּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃ — And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; - [36:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.9/) — וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פָּעֳלָם וּפִשְׁעֵיהֶם כִּי יִתְגַּבָּֽרוּ׃ — Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly. - [36:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.10/) — וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּֽי־יְשֻׁבוּן מֵאָֽוֶן׃ — He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. - [36:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.11/) — אִֽם־יִשְׁמְעוּ וְֽיַעֲבֹדוּ יְכַלּוּ יְמֵיהֶם בַּטּוֹב וּשְׁנֵיהֶם בַּנְּעִימִֽים׃ — If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. - [36:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.12/) — וְאִם־לֹא יִשְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁלַח יַעֲבֹרוּ וְיִגְוְעוּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃ — But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. - [36:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.13/) — וְֽחַנְפֵי־לֵב יָשִׂימוּ אָף לֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ כִּי אֲסָרָֽם׃ — But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them. - [36:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.14/) — תָּמֹת בַּנֹּעַר נַפְשָׁם וְחַיָּתָם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ — Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved. - [36:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.15/) — יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי בְעָנְיוֹ וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָֽם׃ — He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation. - [36:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.16/) — וְאַף הֲסִיתְךָ ׀ מִפִּי־צָר רַחַב לֹא־מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָֽשֶׁן׃ — Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness; - [36:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.17/) — וְדִין־רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ דִּין וּמִשְׁפָּט יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ — And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them. - [36:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.18/) — כִּֽי־חֵמָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ בְסָפֶק וְרָב־כֹּפֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃ — For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. - [36:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.19/) — הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָלֹא בְצָר וְכֹל מַאֲמַצֵּי־כֹֽחַ׃ — Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength? - [36:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.20/) — אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽם׃ — Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place. - [36:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.21/) — הִשָּׁמֶר אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־אָוֶן כִּֽי־עַל־זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹֽנִי׃ — Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. - [36:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.22/) — הֶן־אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ מִי כָמֹהוּ מוֹרֶֽה׃ — Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him? - [36:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.23/) — מִֽי־פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ וּמִֽי־אָמַר פָּעַלְתָּ עַוְלָֽה׃ — Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'? - [36:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.24/) — זְכֹר כִּֽי־תַשְׂגִּיא פָעֳלוֹ אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ — Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung. - [36:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.25/) — כָּל־אָדָם חָֽזוּ־בוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ יַבִּיט מֵרָחֽוֹק׃ — All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off. - [36:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.26/) — הֶן־אֵל שַׂגִּיא וְלֹא נֵדָע מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא־חֵֽקֶר׃ — Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. - [36:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.27/) — כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי־מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדֽוֹ׃ — For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour; - [36:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.28/) — אֲשֶֽׁר־יִזְּלוּ שְׁחָקִים יִרְעֲפוּ עֲלֵי ׀ אָדָם רָֽב׃ — Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men. - [36:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.29/) — אַף אִם־יָבִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָב תְּשֻׁאוֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃ — Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion? - [36:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.30/) — הֵן־פָּרַשׂ עָלָיו אוֹרוֹ וְשָׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּֽה׃ — Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea. - [36:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.31/) — כִּי־בָם יָדִין עַמִּים יִֽתֶּן־אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּֽיר׃ — For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance. - [36:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.32/) — עַל־כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה־אוֹר וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ בְמַפְגִּֽיעַ׃ — He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark. - [36:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.33/) — יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ מִקְנֶה אַף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃ — The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up. - ← previous: [Job 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/35/) - next →: [Job 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/37/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)