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Job 15:1-6

1Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464the Temaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ha.tei.ma.Ni vai.yo.MarH8489 H559repliedוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030:

2“Does a wiseהֶֽחָכָ֗םhe.cha.KhamH2450man answerיַעֲנֶ֥הya.'a.NehH6030with emptyר֑וּחַRu.achH7307counselדַֽעַת־da.'at-H1847or fillוִֽימַלֵּ֖אvi.ma.Le'H4390his bellyבִּטְנֽוֹ׃bit.NoH990with the hot east windקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921?

3Should he argueהוֹכֵ֣חַho.Khe.achH3198with uselessלֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹןlo' yis.KonH3808 H5532wordsבְּ֭דָבָרBe.da.vorH1697or speechesוּ֝מִלִּ֗יםu.mi.LimH4405that serve noלֹא־lo'-H3808purposeיוֹעִ֥ילyo.'IlH3276?

4Butאַף־'af-H637youאַ֭תָּה'A.tahH859even undermineתָּפֵ֣רta.FerH6565the fearיִרְאָ֑הyir.'AhH3374of Godand hinderוְתִגְרַ֥עve.tig.Ra'H1639meditationשִׂ֝יחָ֗הSi.ChahH7881beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440Himאֵֽל׃'ElH410.

5Forכִּ֤יkiH3588your iniquityעֲוֹנְךָ֣'a.vo.ne.KhaH5771instructsיְאַלֵּ֣ףye.'a.LefH502your mouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310,and you chooseוְ֝תִבְחַ֗רve.tiv.CharH977the languageלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956of the craftyעֲרוּמִֽים׃'a.ru.MimH6175.

6Your own mouthפִ֣יךָFi.khaH6310,notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808mineאָ֑נִי'A.niH589,condemns youיַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣yar.shi.'a.KhaH7561;your own lipsוּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָu.se.fa.Tei.khaH8193testifyיַעֲנוּ־ya.'a.nu-H6030against you.

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