New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 17:2-7

2Surelyאִם־ לֹ֣א'im- lo'H518 H3808mockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםHa.tu.limH2049are with me,And my eyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869gazesתָּלַ֥ןta.LanH3885on their provocationוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םu.ve.ha.me.ro.TamH4784.

3“LayH7760downH7760,nowנָּ֭אna'H4994,a pledgeH6162for me with Yourself;WhoמִֽיmiH4310is there that willbe my guarantorלְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃le.ya.Di yi.ta.Ke.a'H8628 H3027?

4For You havekeptצָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.taH6845their heartלִ֭בָּםLi.bomH3820from understandingמִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmi.Sa.khelH7922,Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֝֗ן'al- KenH5921 H3651You will not exaltתְרֹמֵֽם׃te.ro.MemH7311them.

5He whoinformsיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046against friendsרֵעִ֑יםre.'ImH7453for a shareלְ֭חֵלֶקLe.che.lekH2506of the spoil, Theeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of his childrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121also will languishתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tikh.Le.nahH3615.

6“But He has madeוְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיVe.hi.tzi.ga.niH3322me abywordלִמְשֹׁ֣לlim.SholH4914of the peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971,And I amאֶֽהְיֶֽה׃'Eh.YehH1961one at whom menspitוְתֹ֖פֶתve.To.fetH8611.

7My eyeעֵינִ֑י'ei.NiH5869has also grownH3543dimוַתֵּ֣כַהּva.Te.khahH3543becauseH4480of griefמִכַּ֣עַשׂmi.Ka.'asH3708,And allכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605mymembersוִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi.tzu.RaiH3338are as a shadowכַּצֵּ֣לka.TzelH6738.

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