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Job 12:1-5

1And Jobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347answeredוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2No doubtאָ֭מְנָם'A.me.nomH551but ye arethe peopleעָ֑ם'AmH5971,and wisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451shall dieתָּמ֥וּתta.MutH4191with you.

3Butגַּם־gam-H1571I have understandingלֵבָ֨ב׀le.VavH3824as well as you; I amnot inferiorנֹפֵ֣לno.FelH5307to you: yea, who knoweth not such thingsH3644as these?

4I am asone mockedשְׂחֹ֤קse.ChokH7814of his neighbourלְרֵעֵ֨הוּ׀le.re.'E.huH7453,who callethקֹרֵ֣אko.Re'H7121upon Godלֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּLe.'e.lo.ahH433,and he answerethוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huH6030him: the justצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662uprightתָּמִֽים׃ta.MimH8549man islaughed to scornשְׂ֝ח֗וֹקSe.ChokH7814.

5He that is readyנָ֝כ֗וֹןna.KhonH3559to slipלְמ֣וֹעֲדֵיle.Mo.'a.deiH4571with hisfeetרָֽגֶל׃Ra.gelH7272is asa lampH3940despisedבּ֭וּזbuzH937in the thoughtלְעַשְׁתּ֣וּתle.'ash.TutH6248of him that is at easeשַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha.'a.NanH7600.

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