1AndEliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּמָנִ֗יha.te.ma.NiH8489answeredandsaidH559, 2Canamanגָּ֑בֶרGa.verH1397beprofitabletoGodהַלְאֵ֥לhal.'ElH410?surelyitisunto himselfthatthewiseמַשְׂכִּֽיל׃mas.KilH7919manH1397isprofitable. 3Isitanypleasureהַחֵ֣פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656totheAlmightyלְ֭שַׁדַּיLe.sha.daiH7706ifthou artrighteousתִצְדָּ֑קtitz.DakH6663?AndisitgainH1215[tohim]thatthou makest thywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870perfect? 4Willhereasonwiththeeforfearהֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָha.mi.yir.'A.te.khaH3374ofthee?Willheenterwiththeeintojudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941? 5IsnotthywickednessH7451greatרַבָּ֑הra.BahH7227?andthineiniquitiesלַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.no.Tei.khaH5771withoutendקֵ֝֗ץKetzH7093? 6Forthou hasttakenapledgeofthybrotherאַחֶ֣יךָ'a.Chei.khaH251fornought,andstrippedH6584offtheclothingH899ofthenakedעֲרוּמִּ֣ים'a.ru.MimH6174. 7Thou hastnotgivenH8248waterמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325tothefaintingtodrinkתַּשְׁקֶ֑הtash.KehH8248,andthou hast withholdenbreadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899fromthehungryH7456. 8ButthepowerfulmanH376,hehadthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;andthemanH376ofhighrankdweltH3427init. 9Widowsאַ֭לְמָנוֹת'Al.ma.notH490hast thousentH7971emptyרֵיקָ֑םrei.KamH7387awayשִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshi.Lach.taH7971,andthearmsוּזְרֹע֖וֹתu.ze.ro.'otH2220ofthefatherlessיְתֹמִ֣יםye.to.MimH3490havebeen broken. 11Ordarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,thatthou canstnotseeתִרְאֶ֑הtir.'EhH7200,andfloodsofwatersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325coverתְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃te.kha.Se.kaH3680thee. 12IsnotGodאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433intheheightגֹּ֣בַהּGoahH1363oftheheavensשָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064?Andbeholdthesummitofthestarsכּוֹכָבִ֣יםko.kha.VimH3556:howexaltedH7311arethey! 13Andthou sayest,WhatdothGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410knowיָּ֣דַֽעYa.da'H3045?willhejudgeיִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃yish.PotH8199throughthedarkcloud? 14Thickcloudsעָבִ֣ים'a.VimH5645areacoveringtohim,thatheseethnot;andhewalkethonthevaultoftheheavensשָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimH8064. 15Dost thoumarktheancientpathהַאֹ֣רַחha.'O.rachH734whichwickedmenhavetroddenדָּרְכ֣וּda.re.KhuH1869? 16Whowerecarriedoffbeforethetimeעֵ֑ת'EtH6256,whosefoundationיְסוֹדָֽם׃ye.so.DamH3247wasoverflowedwithaflood; 17Whosaidהָאֹמְרִ֣יםha.'o.me.RimH559untoGodלָ֭אֵלLa.'elH410,Departס֣וּרsurH5493fromus!andwhatcouldtheAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706dotothem? 18Yethefilledמִלֵּ֣אmi.Le'H4390theirhousesH1004withgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896.Butthecounselוַעֲצַ֥תva.'a.TzatH6098ofthewickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563isfarרָ֣חֲקָהRa.cha.kahH7368fromme. 19Therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662seeיִרְא֣וּyir.'UH7200it,andaregladH8055;andtheinnocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355laughthemtoscorn: 20Isnothewhorose against usdestroyedנִכְחַ֣דnikh.ChadH3582,anddothnotthefireאֵֽשׁ׃'EshH784consumeH398hisresidue? 21Reconcilethyselfnowwithhim,andbeatpeace: therebygoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896shallcomeתְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥te.vo.'at.KhaH935unto thee. 22ReceiveH3947,Ipraythee,instructionתּוֹרָ֑הto.RahH8451fromhismouthמִפִּ֣יוmi.PivH6310,andlayuphiswordsאֲ֝מָרָ֗יו'a.ma.RavH561inthyheartבִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃bil.va.Ve.khaH3824. 23Ifthoureturnתָּשׁ֣וּבta.ShuvH7725totheAlmightyשַׁ֭דַּיSha.daiH7706, thou shaltbebuiltH1129up.Ifthouremoveתַּרְחִ֥יקtar.ChikH7368unrighteousnessH5766farfromthytentsמֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃me.'o.ho.Le.khaH168, 24Andputוְשִׁית־ve.shit-H7896theprecious orewiththedustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083,and[thegoldof]Ophirאוֹפִֽיר׃'o.FirH211amongthestonesofthetorrents, 25ThentheAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706willbeוְהָיָ֣הve.ha.YahH1961thy precious ore,andsilverוְכֶ֖סֶףve.Khe.sefH3701heapedupunto thee; 26Yea,thenאָ֭ז'azH227shalt thoudelightתִּתְעַנָּ֑גtit.'a.NagH6026thyselfintheAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706,andshaltliftוְתִשָּׂ֖אve.ti.Sa'H5375upthyfaceפָּנֶֽיךָ׃pa.Nei.khaH6440untoGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433: 27Thou shaltmakeH8085thyprayeruntohim,andhewillhearוְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּve.yish.ma.'E.kaH8085thee,andthou shaltpayתְשַׁלֵּֽם׃te.sha.LemH7999thyvowsוּנְדָרֶ֥יךָu.ne.da.Rei.khaH5088; 28Andthou shaltdecreeathing,anditshallbeestablishedH6965unto thee;andlightאֽוֹר׃'orH216shallshineנָ֣גַֽהּNa.gahH5050uponthywaysדְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870. 29Whentheyaremadelowהִ֭שְׁפִּילוּHish.pi.luH8213,thenthou shaltsayH559, Rise up!andheshallsaveיוֹשִֽׁעַ׃yo.Shi.a'H3467himthatisofdowncasteyesעֵינַ֣יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869. 30[Even]himthatisnotinnocentנָקִ֑יna.KiH5355shall hedeliverיְֽמַלֵּ֥טye.ma.LetH4422; yea, he shall bedeliveredוְ֝נִמְלַ֗טve.nim.LatH4422bythepurenessofthyhandsכַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פka.Pei.khaH3709. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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