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Job 22:1-11

1Then Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464the Temaniteהַֽתֵּמָנִ֗יha.te.ma.NiH8489answeredוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2Can a manגָּ֑בֶרGa.verH1397be profitableיִסְכָּן־yis.kon-H5532unto Godהַלְאֵ֥לhal.'ElH410,asכִּֽי־ki-H3588he that is wiseמַשְׂכִּֽיל׃mas.KilH7919may be profitableיִסְכֹּ֖ןyis.KonH5532unto himself?

3Is itany pleasureהַחֵ֣פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656to the Almightyלְ֭שַׁדַּיLe.sha.daiH7706,that thou art righteousתִצְדָּ֑קtitz.DakH6663? or is itgainבֶּ֝֗צַעBe.tza'H1215to him,that thou makest thy waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870perfectתַתֵּ֥םta.TemH8552?

4Will he reproveיֹכִיחֶ֑ךָyo.khi.Che.khaH3198thee for fearהֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָha.mi.yir.'A.te.khaH3374of thee? will he enterיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935with thee into judgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941?

5Isnot thy wickednessרָעָֽתְךָ֣ra.'a.te.KhaH7451greatרַבָּ֑הra.BahH7227?and thine iniquitiesלַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.no.Tei.khaH5771infiniteקֵ֝֗ץKetzH7093?

6For thou hast taken a pledgeתַחְבֹּ֣לtach.BolH2254from thy brotherאַחֶ֣יךָ'a.Chei.khaH251for noughtחִנָּ֑םchi.NamH2600,and strippedתַּפְשִֽׁיט׃taf.ShitH6584the nakedעֲרוּמִּ֣ים'a.ru.MimH6174of their clothingוּבִגְדֵ֖יu.vig.DeiH899.

7Thou hast not given waterמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325to the wearyעָיֵ֣ף'a.YefH5889to drinkתַּשְׁקֶ֑הtash.KehH8248,and thou hast withholdenתִּֽמְנַֽע־tim.na'-H4513breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899from the hungryוּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗בu.me.ra.'EvH7457.

8But as forthe mightyזְ֭רוֹעַZe.ro.a'H2220manוְאִ֣ישׁve.'IshH376,he had the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776;and the honourable manוּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗יםu.ne.Su' fa.NimH6440 H5375dweltיֵ֣שֶׁבYe.shevH3427in it.

9Thou hast sentשִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshi.Lach.taH7971widowsאַ֭לְמָנוֹת'Al.ma.notH490away emptyרֵיקָ֑םrei.KamH7387,and the armsוּזְרֹע֖וֹתu.ze.ro.'otH2220of the fatherlessיְתֹמִ֣יםye.to.MimH3490have been brokenיְדֻכָּֽא׃ye.du.Ka'H1792.

10Therefore snaresפַחִ֑יםfa.ChimH6341areround aboutסְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָse.vi.vo.Tei.khaH5439thee, and suddenפִּתְאֹֽם׃pit.'OmH6597fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343troublethוִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָVi.va.hel.khaH926thee;

11Or darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, thatthou canst not seeתִרְאֶ֑הtir.'EhH7200;and abundanceוְֽשִׁפְעַת־ve.shif.'at-H8229of watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325coverתְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃te.kha.Se.kaH3680thee.

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