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Job 28:20-28

20Whenceמֵאַ֣יִןme.'A.yinH370then comethתָּב֑וֹאta.Vo'H935wisdomוְֽ֭הַחָכְמָהVe.ha.cha.khe.mahH2451? and where isthe placeמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725of understandingבִּינָֽה׃bi.NahH998?

21Seeing it is hidוְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָהVe.ne.'el.mahH5956from the eyesמֵעֵינֵ֣יme.'ei.NeiH5869of all livingחָ֑יChaiH2416,and kept closeנִסְתָּֽרָה׃nis.Ta.rahH5641from the fowlsוּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'ofH5775of the airהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

22Destructionאֲבַדּ֣וֹן'a.va.DonH11and deathוָ֭מָוֶתVa.ma.vetH4194sayאָ֣מְר֑וּ'a.me.RuH559,We have heardשָׁמַ֥עְנוּsha.Ma'.nuH8085the fameשִׁמְעָֽהּ׃shim.'AhH8088thereof with our earsבְּ֝אָזְנֵ֗ינוּbe.'a.ze.Nei.nuH241.

23Godאֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimH430understandethהֵבִ֣יןhe.VinH995the wayדַּרְכָּ֑הּdar.KahH1870thereof, and he knowethיָדַ֥עya.Da'H3045the placeמְקוֹמָֽהּ׃me.ko.MahH4725thereof.

24For he lookethיַבִּ֑יטya.BitH5027to the endsלִקְצוֹת־lik.tzot-H7098of the earthהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776, andseethיִרְאֶֽה׃yir.'EhH7200under the whole heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;

25To makeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213the weightמִשְׁקָ֑לmish.KalH4948for the windsלָר֣וּחַla.Ru.achH7307;and he weighethתִּכֵּ֥ןti.KenH8505the watersוּ֝מַ֗יִםu.Ma.yimH4325by measureבְּמִדָּֽה׃be.mi.DahH4060.

26When he madeבַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹba.'a.sa.Mek.ToH6213a decreeחֹ֑קChokH2706for the rainלַמָּטָ֣רla.ma.TarH4306,and a wayוְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870for the lightningלַחֲזִ֥יזla.cha.ZizH2385of the thunderקֹלֽוֹת׃ko.LotH6963:

27Then did he seeרָ֭אָהּRa.'ahH7200it, and declareוַֽיְסַפְּרָ֑הּvay.sa.pe.RahH5608it; he preparedהֱ֝כִינָ֗הּhe.khi.NahH3559it, yea, and searched it outחֲקָרָֽהּ׃cha.ka.RahH2713.

28And unto manלָֽאָדָ֗םla.'a.DamH120he saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶר׀vai.Yo.merH559,Behold, the fearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of the Lordאֲ֭דֹנָי'A.do.naiH136, that iswisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451;and to departוְס֖וּרve.SurH5493from evilמֵרָ֣עme.Ra'H7451isunderstandingבִּינָֽה׃ סbi.NahH998.

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