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Job 15:1-13

1ThenansweredEliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489,andsaidH559,

2Shouldawiseהֶֽחָכָ֗םhe.cha.KhamH2450manmakeanswerיַעֲנֶ֥הya.'a.NehH6030withvainknowledgeדַֽעַת־da.'at-H1847,Andfillוִֽימַלֵּ֖אvi.ma.Le'H4390himselfwiththeeastקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921windר֑וּחַRu.achH7307?

3Shouldhereasonwithunprofitabletalk,Orwithspeeches wherewithhecandonogood?

4Yea, thou doestawaywithfearיִרְאָ֑הyir.'AhH3374,Andhinderest devotionbeforeGodאֵֽל׃'ElH410.

5Forthineiniquityעֲוֹנְךָ֣'a.vo.ne.KhaH5771teacheth thymouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310,Andthou choosestthetongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956ofthecraftyעֲרוּמִֽים׃'a.ru.MimH6175.

6Thine ownmouthפִ֣יךָFi.khaH6310condemneth thee,andnotI; Yea, thine ownlipsוּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָu.se.fa.Tei.khaH8193testifyיַעֲנוּ־ya.'a.nu-H6030against thee.

7Art thouthefirstהֲרִאישׁ֣וֹןha.ri.yo.ShonH7223manH120thatwasbornH3205?Orwast thoubroughtH3205forthH3205beforethehillsגְבָע֣וֹתge.va.'otH1389?

8Hast thouheardH8085thesecretH5475counselH5475ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433?Anddost thoulimitwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451tothyself?

9Whatknowest thou,thatweknowH3045not?Whatunderstandest thou,whichisnotinus?

10Withusareboththegray-headedandtheveryagedmen,Muchelderthanthyfatherמֵאָבִ֣יךָme.'a.Vi.khaH1.

11Aretheconsolationsתַּנְחֻמ֣וֹתtan.chu.MotH8575ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410toosmallH4592forthee, Eventhewordוְ֝דָבָ֗רve.da.VarH1697thatisgentletowardthee?

12Whyמַה־mah-H4100doth thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820carrytheeawayיִּקָּחֲךָ֥yi.ka.cha.KhaH3947?Andwhyוּֽמַה־u.mah-H4100dothineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869flash,

13ThatagainstGodאֵ֣ל'elH410thou turnest thyspiritרוּחֶ֑ךָru.Che.khaH7307,Andlettestwordsמִלִּֽין׃mi.LinH4405goH3318outofthymouthמִפִּ֣יךָmi.Pi.khaH6310?

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