1AndEliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489answeredandsaidH559, 2Shouldawiseהֶֽחָכָ֗םhe.cha.KhamH2450mananswerיַעֲנֶ֥הya.'a.NehH6030withwindyknowledgeדַֽעַת־da.'at-H1847,andfillוִֽימַלֵּ֖אvi.ma.Le'H4390hisbellyבִּטְנֽוֹ׃bit.NoH990withtheeastקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921windר֑וּחַRu.achH7307, 3Reasoningwithunprofitabletalk,andwithspeecheswhichdonogood? 4Yea, thou makestpietyofnone effect,andrestrainestmeditationשִׂ֝יחָ֗הSi.ChahH7881beforeGodאֵֽל׃'ElH410. 5Forthymouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310uttereth thineiniquityעֲוֹנְךָ֣'a.vo.ne.KhaH5771,andthou hastchosenוְ֝תִבְחַ֗רve.tiv.CharH977thetongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956ofthecraftyעֲרוּמִֽים׃'a.ru.MimH6175. 6Thine ownmouthפִ֣יךָFi.khaH6310condemneth thee,andnotI;andthylipsוּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָu.se.fa.Tei.khaH8193testifyיַעֲנוּ־ya.'a.nu-H6030against thee. 8Hast thoulistenedתִּשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085inthesecretH5475councilהַבְס֣וֹדhav.SodH5475ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433?Andhast thou absorbedwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451forthyself? 9Whatknowest thouthatweknowH3045not? [what] understandest thouwhichisnotinus? 10Boththegreyheadedandtheagedarewithus, olderthanthyfatherמֵאָבִ֣יךָme.'a.Vi.khaH1. 11Aretheconsolationsתַּנְחֻמ֣וֹתtan.chu.MotH8575ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410toosmallH4592forthee?andthewordוְ֝דָבָ֗רve.da.VarH1697gentlyspokentothee? 12Whyמַה־mah-H4100doth thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820carrytheeawayיִּקָּחֲךָ֥yi.ka.cha.KhaH3947?andwhyוּֽמַה־u.mah-H4100dothineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869wink? 13Thatthou turnest thyspiritרוּחֶ֑ךָru.Che.khaH7307againstGodאֵ֣ל'elH410,andlettestwordsמִלִּֽין׃mi.LinH4405goH3318outofthymouthמִפִּ֣יךָmi.Pi.khaH6310? 14Whatisman,thatheshouldbepureיִזְכֶּ֑הyiz.KehH2135?andhethatisbornH3205ofawomanאִשָּֽׁה׃'i.ShahH802,thatheshouldberighteousיִ֝צְדַּ֗קyitz.DakH6663? 15Behold,heputtethnotrustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539inhisholyבִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיוbik.do.shovH6918onesH6918,andtheheavensוְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִםve.sha.Ma.yimH8064arenotpureזַכּ֥וּza.KuH2141inhissight: 16Howmuchlesstheabominableandcorruptוְֽנֶאֱלָ֑חve.ne.'e.LachH444, —manH376,thatdrinkethunrighteousnessעַוְלָֽה׃'av.LahH5766likewaterכַמַּ֣יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325! 17Iwillshew thee,listenשְֽׁמַֽע־she.ma'-H8085tome;andwhatIhaveseenH2372Iwilldeclare; 20Allhisdaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563manistormented,andnumberedוּמִסְפַּ֥רu.mis.ParH4557yearsשָׁ֝נִ֗יםSha.NimH8141areallottedtotheviolent. 21Thesoundקוֹל־kol-H6963ofterrorsH6343isinhisearsבְּאָזְנָ֑יוbe.'a.ze.NavH241:inprosperitythedestroyerשׁוֹדֵ֥דsho.DedH7703comethuponhim. 22Hebelievethnotthatheshallreturnשׁ֭וּבSuvH7725outofdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,andheissingledoutfortheswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719. 23Hewandereth abroadforbreadH3899, — wheremayitbe?Heknoweththatthedayיֽוֹם־yom-H3117ofdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822isreadyathishandבְּיָד֣וֹbe.ya.DoH3027. 24DistressH6862andanguishmakehimafraid;theyprevail againsthim,asakingכְּמֶ֤לֶךְ׀ke.Me.lekhH4428readyעָתִ֬יד'a.TidH6264forthe battle. 25Forhehathstretchedנָטָ֣הna.TahH5186outhishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027againstGodאֵ֣ל'elH410,andstrengthenedhimselfagainsttheAlmightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706: 26He runnethagainsthim,with[outstretched]neckבְּצַוָּ֑ארbe.tza.VarH6677,withthethickbossesofhisbucklers; 27Forhehathcoveredכִסָּ֣הkhi.SahH3680hisfaceפָנָ֣יוfa.NavH6440withhisfatness,andgatheredfatבְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹbe.chel.BoH2459upon[his] flanks. 28Andhedwellethindesolatecitiesעָ֘רִ֤ים'a.RimH5892,inhousesH1004thatnoman inhabiteth,whicharedestinedtobecomeheapsלְגַלִּֽים׃le.ga.LimH1530. 29HeshallnotbecomeH6238richיֶ֭עְשַׁרYe'.sharH6238,neithershallhissubstancecontinue,andtheirpossessionsshallnotextendH5186upontheearthH776. 30HeshallnotdepartH5493outofdarknessחֹ֗שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;theflameשַׁלְהָ֑בֶתshal.Ha.vetH7957shalldryתְּיַבֵּ֣שׁte.ya.BeshH3001uphisbranches;andbythebreathבְּר֣וּחַbe.Ru.achH7307ofhismouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310shallhegoawayH5493. 32ItshallbecompleteH4390beforehisdayי֭וֹמוֹyo.moH3117,andhisbranchוְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹve.khi.pa.ToH3712shallnotbegreen. 33He shall shakeoffhisunripe grapes asavineכַּגֶּ֣פֶןka.Ge.fenH1612,andshallcastH7993hisflowerasanoliveכַּ֝זַּ֗יִתka.Za.yitH2132. 34Forthefamilyoftheungodlyshallbebarrenגַּלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565,andfireוְ֝אֵ֗שׁve.'EshH784shallconsumeH398thetentsאָֽהֳלֵי־'o.ho.lei-H168ofbribery. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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