1AndEliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489answeredandsaidH559, 2Ifawordדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697wereessayedtothee, wouldest thoubegrieved?Butwhocanrefrainfromspeaking? 3Behold, thou hastinstructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227,andthou haststrengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388theweakhandsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027; 4Thywordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405haveupholdenhimthatwas stumbling,andthou hast bracedupthebendingknees: 5Butnowעַתָּ֨ה׀'a.TahH6258itiscomeH935uponthee,andthou grievest;ittoucheth thee,andthou art troubled. 6Hathnotthy pietybeenthyconfidence,andtheperfectionofthywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870thyhopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615? 7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142,Ipraythee,whothatwasinnocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355hasperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6?andwhereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375weretheuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cutoff? 9Bythebreathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433theyperishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6,andbytheblastofhisnostrilsH639aretheyconsumed. 10Theroarשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581ofthelionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738,andthevoiceH6963ofthefiercelionH738,andtheteethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127oftheyoungכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715lionsH738,arebroken; 11Theoldlionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishethforlackofpreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,andthewhelpsofthelionessH3833arescatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504. 12Nowtomeawordדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697wassecretlybrought,andmineearאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241receivedH3947awhisperשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102thereof. 13Inthoughtsfromvisionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384ofthenightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915,whendeepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639sleepH8639fallethonmenH376: — 14Fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343cameon me,andtrembling,andmadeallmybonesH6106toshake; 16ItstoodH5975stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975;Icouldnotdiscerntheappearanceמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758thereof:aformתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544wasbeforemineeyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869;IheardH8085aslight murmurandavoiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963: 17Shall[mortal]manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397bemorejustthanGodמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433?ShallamanH1397bepurerthanhisMaker? 18Lo,hetrustethnothisservantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650,andhisangelsH4397hechargeth withfolly: 19Howmuchmorethemthatdwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931inhousesH1004ofclay,whosefoundationיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247isinthedustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083,whoarecrushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםye.da.ke.'UmH1792asthemothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211! 20Frommorningמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242toeveningלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153aretheysmitten:withoutany heedingit,theyperishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6forever. 21Isnottheirtent-cord torn awayinthem?theydieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191,andwithoutwisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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