Berean Standard Bible

Job 4:14-21

14fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461came over meקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122and made allוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106shudderהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.

15Then a spiritוְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achH7307glidedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya.cha.LofH2498pastעַל־'al-H5921my faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440, andthe hairשַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsa.'a.RatH8185on my bodyבְּשָׂרִֽי׃be.sa.RiH1320bristledתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רte.sa.MerH5568.

16It stood stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975,but I could notוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808discernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234its appearanceמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758;a formתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544loomed beforeלְנֶ֣גֶדle.Ne.gedH5048my eyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869,and I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085a whisperingדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827voiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963:

17‘Can a mortalהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582be more righteousיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663than Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433,orאִ֥ם'imH518a manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397more pureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891than his Makerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּme.'o.Se.huH6213?

18Ifהֵ֣ןhenH2005God puts noלֹ֣אlo'H3808trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539in His servantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650,and He chargesיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760His angelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397with errorתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417,

19how much moreאַ֤ף׀'afH637those who dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931in housesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004of clayחֹ֗מֶרCho.merH2563,whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834foundationsיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247are in the dustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083,who can be crushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־ye.da.ke.'Um lif.nei-H1792 H6440like a mothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211!

20They are smashed to piecesיֻכַּ֑תּוּyu.Ka.tuH3807from dawnמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242to duskלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153;unnoticedמִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗יםmi.be.Li me.SimH1097 H7760,they perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6foreverלָנֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331.

21Are not their tent cordsיִתְרָ֣םyit.RamH3499הֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808pulled upנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265,so that they dieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191withoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451?’

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