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Job 1:8-11

8And the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Satanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןha.sa.TanH7854,Hast thou consideredהֲשַׂ֥מְתָּ לִבְּךָ֖ha.Sam.ta li.be.KhaH3820 H7760my servantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Jobאִיּ֑וֹב'i.YovH347, that there isnone like him in the earthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776,a perfectתָּ֧םtamH8535and an uprightוְיָשָׁ֛רve.ya.SharH3477manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376,one that fearethיְרֵ֥אye.Re'H3373Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,and eschewethוְסָ֥רve.SarH5493evilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451?

9Then Satanהַשָּׂטָ֛ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredוַיַּ֧עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Doth Jobאִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovH347fearיָרֵ֥אya.Re'H3372Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430for noughtהַֽחִנָּ֔םha.chi.NamH2600?

10Hast not thou made an hedgeשַׂ֣כְתָּSakh.taH7753about him, and aboutH1157his houseבֵּית֛וֹbei.ToH1004,and about all that he hath on every sideמִסָּבִ֑יבmi.sa.VivH5439?thou hast blessedבֵּרַ֔כְתָּbe.Rakh.taH1288the workמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639of his handsיָדָיו֙ya.DavH3027,and his substanceוּמִקְנֵ֖הוּu.mik.Ne.huH4735is increasedפָּרַ֥ץpa.RatzH6555in the landבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

11Butוְאוּלָם֙ve.'u.LamH199put forthשְֽׁלַֽח־she.lach-H7971thine handיָֽדְךָ֔ya.de.KhaH3027now, and touchוְגַ֖עve.Ga'H5060all that he hath, and he will curseלֹ֥א יְבָרֲכֶֽךָּ׃lo' ye.va.ra.Khe.kaH3808 H1288thee to thy faceפָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440.

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