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Job 12:22-25

22He discoverethמְגַלֶּ֣הme.ga.LehH1540deep thingsעֲ֭מֻקוֹת'A.mu.kotH6013out of darknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,and bringeth outוַיֹּצֵ֖אvai.yo.Tze'H3318to lightלָא֣וֹרla.'orH216the shadow of deathצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757.

23He increasethמַשְׂגִּ֣יאmas.Gi'H7679the nationsלַ֭גּוֹיִםLa.go.yimH1471,and destroyethוַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑םvay.'a.be.DemH6them: he enlargethשֹׁטֵ֥חַsho.Te.achH7849the nationsלַ֝גּוֹיִ֗םla.go.YimH1471,and straitenethוַיַּנְחֵֽם׃vai.yan.ChemH5148them again.

24He taketh awayמֵסִ֗ירme.SirH5493the heartלֵ֭בlevH3820of the chiefרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of the peopleעַם־'am-H5971of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and causeth them to wanderוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582in a wildernessבְּתֹ֣הוּbe.To.huH8414where there isno wayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870.

25They gropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ye.mash.shu-H4959in the darkחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822without lightא֑וֹר'orH216,and he maketh them to staggerוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582like adrunkenכַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ka.shi.KorH7910man.

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