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Job 11:1-6

1Then Zopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691the Naamathiteהַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ha.na.'a.ma.Ti vai.yo.MarH5284 H559repliedוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030:

2“Should this streamהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230of wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697go unansweredלֹ֣א יֵעָנֶ֑הlo' ye.'a.NehH3808 H6030and suchוְאִם־ve.'im-H518a speakerאִ֖ישׁ שְׂפָתַ֣יִם'ish se.fa.Ta.yimH376 H8193be vindicatedיִצְדָּֽק׃yitz.DakH6663?

3Should your babblingבַּ֭דֶּיךָBa.dei.khaH907put othersמְתִ֣יםme.TimH4962to silenceיַחֲרִ֑ישׁוya.cha.Ri.shvH2790?Will you scoffוַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גva.til.'AgH3932withoutוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369rebukeמַכְלִֽם׃makh.LimH3637?

4You have saidוַ֭תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559, ‘My doctrineלִקְחִ֑יlik.ChiH3948issoundזַ֣ךְzakhH2134,and I amהָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961pureוּ֝בַ֗רu.VarH1249in Your sightבְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.’

5Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199if onlyמִֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ןmi- yi.TenH4310 H5414Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433would speakדַּבֵּ֑רda.BerH1696and openוְיִפְתַּ֖חve.yif.TachH6605His lipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193against youעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973,

6and discloseוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046to youthe secretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587of wisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588true wisdomלְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥הle.Tu.shi.YahH8454has two sidesכִפְלַ֪יִםkhif.La.yimH3718.Knowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045then thatכִּֽי־ki-H3588Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433exactsיַשֶּׁ֥הya.ShehH5382from you lessthan your iniquityמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771deserves.

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