Berean Standard Bible

Job 16:12-17

12I wasהָיִ֨יתִי׀ha.Yi.tiH1961at easeשָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.LevH7961,but He shattered meוַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niH6565;He seized meוְאָחַ֣זve.'a.ChazH270by the neckבְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.piH6203and crushed meוַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niH6327.He has set me upוַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niH6965as Histargetלְמַטָּרָֽה׃le.ma.ta.RahH4307;

13His archersרַבָּ֗יוra.BavH7228surround meיָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י׀ya.So.bu 'a.LaiH5437 H5921.He piercesיְפַלַּ֣חye.fa.LachH6398my kidneysכִּ֭לְיוֹתַיKil.yo.taiH3629withoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808mercyיַחְמ֑וֹלyach.MolH2550and spillsיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210my gallמְרֵרָֽתִי׃me.re.Ra.tiH4845on the groundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776.

14He breaks meיִפְרְצֵ֣נִיyif.re.Tze.niH6555with woundפֶ֭רֶץFe.retzH6556uponעַל־'al-H5921פְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440woundפָ֑רֶץFa.retzH6556;He rushesיָרֻ֖ץya.RutzH7323meעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921like a mighty warriorכְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ke.gi.BorH1368.

15I have sewnתָּ֭פַרְתִּיTa.far.tiH8609sackclothשַׂ֣קsakH8242overעֲלֵ֣י'a.LeiH5921my skinגִלְדִּ֑יgil.DiH1539;I have buriedוְעֹלַ֖לְתִּיve.'o.Lal.tiH5953my hornקַרְנִֽי׃kar.NiH7161in the dustבֶעָפָ֣רve.'a.FarH6083.

16My faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440is redחֳ֭מַרְמְרוּcho.mar.me.rahH2560withמִנִּי־mi.ni-H4480weepingבֶ֑כִיVe.khiH1065,and deep shadowsצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757ringוְעַ֖לve.'AlH5921my eyesעַפְעַפַּ֣י'af.'a.PaiH6079;

17yetעַ֭ל'alH5921my handsבְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.PaiH3709are free ofלֹא־lo'-H3808violenceחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555and my prayerוּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605is pureזַכָּֽה׃za.KahH2134.

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