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Job 38:1-11

1Then the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068answeredוַיַּֽעַן־vai.ya.'an-H6030Jobאִ֭יּוֹב'I.yovH347out of the whirlwindהַסְּעָרָ֗הha.se.'a.rahH5591,and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2Who isthis that darkenethמַחְשִׁ֖יךְmach.ShikhH2821counselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098by wordsבְמִלִּ֗יןve.mi.LinH4405without knowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847?

3Gird upאֱזָר־'e.zor-H247now thy loinsחֲלָצֶ֑יךָcha.la.Tzei.khaH2504like a manכְגֶ֣בֶרkhe.Ge.verH1397;for I will demandוְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ve.'esh.'al.khaH7592of thee, and answerוְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ve.ho.di.'E.niH3045thou me.

4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thou when I laid the foundationsבְּיָסְדִי־be.ya.se.di-H3245of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,if thou hastיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.

5Who hath laidשָׂ֣םsamH7760the measuresמְ֭מַדֶּיהָMe.ma.dei.haH4461thereof, if thou knowestתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045?or who hath stretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186the lineקָּֽו׃KavH6957upon it?

6Whereupon are the foundationsאֲדָנֶ֣יהָ'a.da.Nei.haH134thereof fastenedהָטְבָּ֑עוּha.te.Ba.'uH2883?or who laidיָ֝רָ֗הya.RahH3384the cornerפִּנָּתָֽהּ׃pi.na.TahH6438stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68thereof;

7When the morningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangבְּרָן־be.ron-H7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162,and all the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321for joy?

8Or whoshut upוַיָּ֣סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526the seaיָ֑םYamH3220with doorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817,when it brake forthבְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.ChoH1518, as ifit had issued outיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318of the wombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358?

9When I madeבְּשׂוּמִ֣יbe.su.MiH7760the cloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051the garmentלְבֻשׁ֑וֹle.vu.ShoH3830thereof, and thick darknessוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205a swaddlingbandחֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃cha.tu.la.ToH2854for it,

10And brake upוָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רva.'esh.BorH7665for it my decreedחֻקִּ֑יchu.KiH2706place,and setוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280and doorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,

11And saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,Hithertoעַד־'ad-H6311 H5704shalt thou comeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935,but no furtherתֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254:and here shall thy proudבִּגְא֥וֹןbig.'onH1347wavesגַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ga.Lei.khaH1530be stayedיָ֝שִׁ֗יתya.ShitH7896?

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