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Job 27:18-21

18The houseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004he builtבָּנָ֣הba.NahH1129is like a moth’s cocoonכָעָ֣שׁkha.'AshH6211,like a hutוּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗הu.khe.su.KahH5521set upעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213by a watchmanנֹצֵֽר׃no.TzerH5341.

19He lies downיִ֭שְׁכַּבYish.kavH7901wealthyעָשִׁ֣יר'a.ShirH6223,but will do so no moreוְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ףve.Lo' ye.'a.SefH3808 H622;when he opensפָּקַ֣חpa.KachH6491his eyesעֵינָ֖יו'ei.NavH5869,all is goneוְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ve.'ei.Ne.nuH369.

20Terrorsבַּלָּה֑וֹתba.la.HotH1091overtake himתַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּta.si.Ge.huH5381like a floodכַ֭מַּיִםKha.ma.yimH4325;a tempestסוּפָֽה׃su.FahH5492sweeps him awayגְּנָבַ֥תּוּge.na.Va.tuH1589in the nightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915.

21The east windקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921carries him awayיִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּyi.sa.'E.huH5375,and he is goneוְיֵלַ֑ךְve.ye.LakhH1980;it sweeps himוִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּvi.sa.'a.Re.huH8175out of his placeמִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725.

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