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Job 31:5-23

5IfIhavewalkedהָלַ֥כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980withfalsehoodשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723,andmyfootרַגְלִֽי׃rag.LiH7272hath hastedtodeceitמִרְמָ֣הmir.MahH4820,

6(Letmebeweighedיִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיyish.ke.Le.niH8254inan evenbalance,andGodאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433willtakeknowledgeofmyblamelessness;)

7Ifmystepאַשֻּׁרִי֮'a.shu.RiH838haveturnedתִּטֶּ֣הti.TehH5186outofthewayהַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְha.Da.rekhH1870,andmyheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820followedmineeyesעֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naiH5869,andifanyblot cleavethtomyhandsוּ֝בְכַפַּ֗יu.ve.kha.PaiH3709;

8Letmesowאֶ֭זְרְעָה'Ez.re.'ahH2232,andanothereatיֹאכֵ֑לyo.KhelH398;andlet mineoffspringberooted out.

9Ifmyheartלִ֭בִּיLi.biH3820havebeenenticedH6601untoawomanאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802,sothatIlaidwaitאָרָֽבְתִּי׃'a.Ra.ve.tiH693atmyneighbour'sdoorH6607,

10Letmywifeאִשְׁתִּ֑י'ish.TiH802grindתִּטְחַ֣ןtit.ChanH2912foranother,andletothersH312bowיִכְרְע֥וּןyikh.re.'UnH3766downH3766uponher.

11Forthisisaninfamy;yea,itisaniniquityעָוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771[tobejudgedby]thejudges:

12Foritisafireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784thatconsumethtodestruction,andwouldrootתְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃te.sha.ReshH8327outallmineincrease.

13IfIhavedespisedthecauseofmybondmanorofmybondmaid,whentheycontendedH7378withme,

14WhatthenshouldIdowhenGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410risethup?andifhevisitedיִ֝פְקֹ֗דyif.KodH6485,whatshouldIanswerhim?

15DidnothethatmadeH6213meinthewombH990makeH6213him?anddidnotOneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259fashionusinthewombH990?

16IfIhavewithheldאֶ֭מְנַע'Em.na'H4513thepoorדַּלִּ֑יםda.LimH1800from[their]desireמֵחֵ֣פֶץme.Che.fetzH2656,orcausedtheeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869ofthewidowאַלְמָנָ֣ה'al.ma.NahH490tofailאֲכַלֶּֽה׃'a.kha.LehH3615;

17OrhaveeatenH398mymorselפִּתִּ֣יpi.TiH6595aloneלְבַדִּ֑יle.va.DiH905,sothatthefatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490ateH398notthereof,

18(Forfrommyyouthמִ֭נְּעוּרַיMi.ne.'u.raiH5271hegrewH1431upwithmeaswithafatherכְאָ֑בkhe.'AvH1,andIhaveguidedH5148the[widow]frommymother'swombוּמִבֶּ֖טֶןu.mi.Be.tenH990;)

19IfIhaveseenH7200anyperishingא֭וֹבֵד'O.vedH6forwantofclothingלְב֑וּשׁle.VushH3830,oranyneedyלָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃la.'ev.YonH34withoutcoveringכְּ֝ס֗וּתke.SutH3682;

20Ifhisloinsחֲלָצָ֑יוcha.la.tzovH2504havenotblessedH1288me,andifhewerenotwarmedH2552withthefleeceוּמִגֵּ֥זu.mi.GezH1488ofmylambsכְּ֝בָשַׂיKe.va.saiH3532;

21IfIhaveliftedupmyhandיָדִ֑יya.DiH3027againstanorphan,becauseIsawH7200myhelpעֶזְרָתִֽי׃'ez.ra.TiH5833inthegateבַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arH8179:

22[Then] letmyshoulderכְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fiH3802fallתִפּ֑וֹלti.PolH5307fromtheshoulder-blade,andminearmוְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'IH248bebrokenH7665fromthebone!

23Forcalamityאֵ֣יד'eidH343fromGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410wasaterrorH6343tome,andbyreasonofhisexcellencyIwaspowerless.

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