1AndZopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691theNaamathiteהַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.TiH5284answeredandsaidH559, 2Shouldnotthemultitudeהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230ofwordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697beansweredיֵעָנֶ֑הye.'a.NehH6030?andshouldamanאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376ofmuchtalkbejustifiedH6663? 3Shouldthy fictions makemenholdtheirpeace?andshouldest thoumockוַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גva.til.'AgH3932,andnoonemake [thee]ashamedH3637? 5ButohthatGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433wouldspeakדַּבֵּ֑רda.BerH1696,andopenוְיִפְתַּ֖חve.yif.TachH6605hislipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193againstthee; 6Andthathewouldshew theethesecretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587ofwisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451,howthattheyarethedoubleכִפְלַ֪יִםkhif.La.yimH3718ofwhatisrealised;andknowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045thatGodאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433passethby[much]ofthineiniquityמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771! 7Canst thoubysearchingהַחֵ֣קֶרha.Che.kerH2714findתִּמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'H4672outGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433? canst thoufindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672outtheAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706toperfection? 8[Itisas]theheightsofheavenשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064;whatwilt thoudo?deeperעֲמֻקָּ֥ה'a.mu.KahH6013thanSheolמִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלmi.she.'olH7585;whatcanst thouknowתֵּדָֽע׃te.Da'H3045? 9Themeasurethereofislongerthantheearthמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776,andbroaderוּ֝רְחָבָ֗הu.re.cha.VahH7342thantheseaיָֽם׃YamH3220. 10Ifhepassby,andshutוְיַסְגִּ֑ירve.yas.GirH5462up,andcalltojudgment,whocanhinderhim? 11Forheknowethvainmen,andseethwickednessאָ֝֗וֶן'A.venH205when[man] dothnotconsiderH7200it; 12YetasenselessmanH376willmake bold, thoughmanH376bebornH3205[like]thefoalofawildפֶּ֝֗רֶאPe.re'H6501ass. 13IfthouprepareH3559thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820andstretchoutthyhandsH3709towardhim, 14Ifthouputהַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּhar.chi.Ke.huH7368farH7368awayH7368theiniquitywhichisinthyhandבְּ֭יָדְךָBe.ya.de.khaH3027,andletnotwrongdwellתַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtash.KenH7931inthytentsבְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָbe.'o.ha.Lei.khaH168; 15Surelythenאָ֤ז׀'azH227shalt thouliftתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375upthyfaceפָנֶ֣יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440withoutspot,andthou shaltbeוְהָיִ֥יתָve.ha.Yi.taH1961stedfastandshaltnotfearתִירָֽא׃ti.Ra'H3372: 16Forthou shaltforgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911misery;aswatersכְּמַ֖יִםke.Ma.yimH4325thatarepassedH5674awayעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674shalt thourememberתִזְכֹּֽר׃tiz.KorH2142it; 17AndlifeshallariseH6965brighterthan noonday; though thoubeH1961enshroudedindarkness, thou shaltbeH1961asthemorningכַּבֹּ֥קֶרka.Bo.kerH1242, 18Andthou shalthaveconfidence,becausethereshallbehopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615;andhavingsearched about [thee], thou shalttakerestH7901insafety. 19Yea, thou shaltlieוְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּVe.ra.vatz.taH7257down,andnoneshallmaketheeafraid;andmanyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227shallseekthy favour. 20Buttheeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869ofthewickedרְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563shallfailתִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikh.Lei.nahH3615,and[all]refugeshallvanishfromthem,andtheirhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗םve.tik.va.TamH8615[shallbe]thebreathingoutoflifeנָֽפֶשׁ׃ פNa.feshH5315. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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