Berean Standard Bible

Job 4:1-11

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

2“If one venturesהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254a wordדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413,will you be weariedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811?Yet whoמִ֣יmiH4310canיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201keepוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?

3Surelyהִ֭נֵּהHi.nehH2009you have instructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227,and have strengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388their feebleרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.

4Your wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405have steadiedיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965those who stumbledכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782;you have bracedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553the kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290that were bucklingכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766.

5Butכִּ֤יkiH3588nowעַתָּ֨ה׀'a.TahH6258troublehas comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413,and you are wearyוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811.It strikes youתִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָti.Ga' 'a.Dei.khaH5060 H5704,and you are dismayedוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.

6Is your reverenceיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374notהֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'H3808your confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690,and the uprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of your waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870your hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615?

7Considerזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142now, I pleadנָ֗אNa'H4994:Whoמִ֤יmiH4310ה֣וּאhu'H1931,being innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355,has ever perishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6?Or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375have the uprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477been destroyedנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?

8Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834I have observedרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200,those who plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205and those who sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232troubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999reap the sameיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114.

9By the breathמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6,and by the blastוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of His angerאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639they are consumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.

10The lionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738may roarשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581,and the fierce lionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826may growlוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963,yet the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.

11The old lionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishesאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6for lackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097of preyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,and the cubsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121of the lionessלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833are scatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.

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