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Job 38:4-27

4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thouwhenIfoundedבְּיָסְדִי־be.ya.se.di-H3245theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?DeclareH5046,ifthou hastunderstandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

5WhosetH7760themeasures thereof —ifthou knowest?orwhostretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186alineuponit?

6Whereuponwerethefoundations thereof sunken?orwholaiditscorner-stone,

7Whenthemorningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangH7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162,andallthesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321forjoyH7442?

8Andwho shutuptheseaיָ֑םYamH3220withdoorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817,whenitburstבְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.ChoH1518forthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318, issuingoutofthewombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358?

9WhenImadeH7760thecloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051itsgarment,andthickוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205darknessH6205aswaddlingbandforit;

10WhenIcutoutforitmyboundaryחֻקִּ֑יchu.KiH2706,andsetוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280anddoorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,

11AndsaidH559, Hitherto shalt thoucomeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935andnofurther,andhereH6311shallthyproudwavesbestayed?

12Hast thousincethydaysהְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָHe.mi.ya.mei.khaH3117commandedצִוִּ֣יתָtzi.Vi.taH6680themorningבֹּ֑קֶרBo.kerH1242? hast thou causedthedawnהַשַּׁ֣חַרha.sha.charH7837toknowיִדַּ֖עְתָּyi.da'.taH3045itsplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725,

13Thatit mighttakeלֶ֭אֱחֹזLe.'e.chozH270holdH270oftheendsoftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andthewicked mightbeshakenוְיִנָּעֲר֖וּve.yi.na.'a.RuH5287outofit?

14ItischangedH2015likethesignet-clay;and[all things]standוְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּve.yit.ya.tze.VuH3320forthasinagarment:

15Andfromthewickedtheirlightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216iswithholden,andtheupliftedרָ֝מָ֗הra.MahH7311armוּזְר֥וֹעַu.ze.Ro.a'H2220isbrokenH7665.

16Hast thouenteredasfarasthespringsoftheseaיָ֑םYamH3220?andhast thouwalkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980intherecessesofthedeepתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?

17HavethegatesH8179ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194beenrevealedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540unto thee?andhast thouseenH7200thegatesH8179oftheshadowofdeathH4194?

18Hath thineunderstandingH995compassedthebreadthsoftheearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?DeclareH5046ifthou knowestitall.

19Whereאֵי־'ei-H335isthewayהַ֭דֶּרֶךְHa.de.rekhH1870towhereאֵי־'ei-H335lightא֑וֹר'orH216dwelleth?andthedarknessוְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְve.Cho.shekhH2822,whereH335isitsplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725,

20Thatthou shouldesttakeתִ֭קָּחֶנּוּTi.ka.che.nuH3947ittoitsbound,andthatthou shouldest knowthepathsנְתִיב֥וֹתne.ti.VotH5410toitshouseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃bei.ToH1004?

21Thou knowest,forthou wastthenאָ֣ז'azH227bornH3205,andthenumberוּמִסְפַּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557ofthydaysיָמֶ֣יךָya.Mei.khaH3117isgreatH7227!

22Hast thouenteredintothestorehousesH214ofthesnowשָׁ֑לֶגSha.legH7950,andhast thouseenH7200thetreasuriesH214ofthehailבָּרָ֣דba.RadH1259,

23WhichIhavereservedforthetimeלְעֶת־le.'et-H6256ofdistressצָ֑רTzarH6862,forthedayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117ofbattleH4421andwarH4421?

24Bywhatwayהַ֭דֶּרֶךְHa.de.rekhH1870isthelightא֑וֹר'orH216parted, [and]theeastקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921windH6921scatteredיָפֵ֖ץya.FetzH6327upontheearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776?

25Whohathdividedפִלַּ֣גfi.LagH6385achannelfortherain-flood,andawayH1870forthethunder's flash;

26Tocauseittorainלְ֭הַמְטִירLe.ham.tirH4305ontheearthH776,wherenooneH376is;onthewildernessמִ֝דְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057wherein thereisnotamanH376;

27Tosatisfyלְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַle.has.Bi.a'H7646thedesolateandwaste [ground],andtocausethesproutוּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַu.le.hatz.Mi.achH6779ofthegrassH1877tospringH6779forth?

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