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Job 32:11-22

11Indeedהֵ֤ןhenH2005,I waitedהוֹחַ֨לְתִּיho.Chal.tiH3176while you spokeלְֽדִבְרֵיכֶ֗םle.div.rei.KhemH1697;I listenedאָ֭זִין'A.zinH238toעַד־'ad-H5704your reasoningתְּב֥וּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םte.Vu.no.tei.KhemH8394;asעַֽד־'ad-H5704you searchedתַּחְקְר֥וּןtach.ke.RunH2713for wordsמִלִּֽין׃mi.LinH4405,

12I paid you full attentionוְעָֽדֵיכֶ֗ם אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן וְהִנֵּ֤הve.'a.dei.Khem 'et.Bo.Nan ve.hi.NehH995 H2009 H5704.But no oneאֵ֣ין'einH369proved Jobלְאִיּ֣וֹבle.'i.YovH347wrongמוֹכִ֑יחַmo.Khi.achH3198;not one ofמִכֶּֽם׃mi.KemH4480you rebuttedעוֹנֶ֖הo.NehH6030his argumentsאֲמָרָ֣יו'a.ma.RavH561.

13So do notפֶּן־pen-H6435claimתֹּ֣֭אמְרוּTo.me.ruH559, ‘We have foundמָצָ֣אנוּma.Tza.nuH4672wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451;let Godאֵ֖ל'elH410,notלֹא־lo'-H3808manאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376,refute himיִדְּפֶ֣נּוּyi.de.Fe.nuH5086.’

14But Job has notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808directedעָרַ֣ךְ'a.RakhH6186hiswordsמִלִּ֑יןmi.LinH4405against meאֵלַ֣י'e.LaiH413,and I will notלֹ֣אlo'H3808answer himאֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725with your argumentsוּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗םu.ve.'im.rei.KhemH561.

15Job’s friendsare dismayedחַ֭תּוּCha.tuH2865,with noלֹא־lo'-H3808moreע֑וֹדodH5750to sayעָ֣נוּ'A.nuH6030;wordsמִלִּֽים׃mi.LimH4405have escapedהֶעְתִּ֖יקוּhe'.Ti.kuH6275them.

16Must I waitוְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּיVe.ho.chal.tiH3176,now thatכִּי־ki-H3588they are silentלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּlo' ye.da.Be.ruH3808 H1696,now thatכִּ֥יkiH3588they standעָ֝מְד֗וּ'a.me.DuH5975and noלֹא־lo'-H3808longerעֽוֹד׃odH5750replyעָ֥נוּ'A.nuH6030?

17Iאֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י'a.Ni chel.KiH589 H2506tooאַף־'af-H637will answerאַעֲנֶ֣ה'a.'a.NehH6030;yesאַף־'af-H637,Iאָֽנִי׃'A.niH589will declareאֲחַוֶּ֖ה'a.cha.VehH2331what I knowדֵעִ֣יde.'IH1843.

18Forכִּ֭יkiH3588I am full ofמָלֵ֣תִיma.Le.tiH4390wordsמִלִּ֑יםmi.LimH4405,and my spiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7307within meבִּטְנִֽי׃bit.NiH990compels meהֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִיhe.tzi.Kat.niH6693.

19Beholdהִנֵּֽה־hi.neh-H2009,my bellyבִטְנִ֗יvit.NiH990is like unventedלֹא־ יִפָּתֵ֑חַlo'- yi.pa.Te.achH3808 H6605wineכְּיַ֥יִןke.Ya.yinH3196;it is about to burstיִבָּקֵֽעַ׃yi.ba.Ke.a'H1234like a newחֲ֝דָשִׁ֗יםcha.da.ShimH2319wineskinכְּאֹב֥וֹתke.'o.VotH178.

20I must speakאֲדַבְּרָ֥ה'a.da.be.RahH1696and find reliefוְיִֽרְוַֽח־ve.yir.vach-H7304;I must openאֶפְתַּ֖ח'ef.TachH6605my lipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193and respondוְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה׃ve.'E.'e.NehH6030.

21I will be partialאֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־'e.Sa' fe.nei-H5375 H6440to noאַל־ נָ֭א'al- na'H408 H4994oneאִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־'Ish ve.'el-H376 H413,nor willלֹ֣אlo'H3808I flatterאֲכַנֶּֽה׃'a.kha.NehH3655any manאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.

22Forכִּ֤יkiH3588I do notלֹ֣אlo'H3808know howיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045to flatterאֲכַנֶּ֑ה'a.kha.NehH3655,or my Makerעֹשֵֽׂנִי׃'o.Se.niH6213would remove meיִשָּׂאֵ֥נִיyi.sa.'E.niH5375in an instantכִּ֝מְעַ֗טkim.'AtH4592.

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