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Job 2:1-3

1AgainitcameH935topassonthedayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117whenthesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430cameH935topresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320themselvesbeforeJehovah,thatSatancameH935alsoגַֽם־gam-H1571amongthemtopresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320himselfbeforeJehovah.

2AndJehovahsaidH559untoSatan,Fromwhence comest thou?AndSatanansweredJehovah,andsaidH559,FromgoingH1980toandfrointheearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,andfromwalkingH1980upanddowninit.

3AndJehovahsaidH559untoSatan, Hast thou consideredmyservantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Jobאִיּוֹב֒'i.yOvH347?forthereisnonelikehimintheearthבָּאָ֗רֶץba.'A.retzH776,aperfectH8535andanuprightוְיָשָׁ֛רve.ya.SharH3477manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376,oneH376thatfearethGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,andturnethawayH5493fromevilמֵרָ֑עme.Ra'H7451:andhestillוְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ve.'o.De.nuH5750holdethfasthisintegrityבְּתֻמָּת֔וֹbe.tu.ma.ToH8538,althoughthou movedstmeagainsthim,todestroyhimwithoutcauseחִנָּֽם׃chi.NamH2600.

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