New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 20:1-5

1Then Zopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691the Naamathiteהַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.TiH5284answeredוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030,

2“Thereforeלָ֭כֵןLa.khenH3651my disquietingH8174thoughtsH8174make merespondיְשִׁיב֑וּנִיye.shi.Vu.niH7725,Even becauseוּ֝בַעֲב֗וּרu.va.'a.VurH5668of myinward agitationח֣וּשִׁיChu.shiH2363.

3I listenedאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085tothe reproofמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148which insultsכְּלִמָּתִ֣יke.li.ma.TiH3639me,And the spiritוְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achH7307of my understandingמִֽבִּינָתִ֥יmi.bi.na.TiH998makes me answerיַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ya.'a.Ne.niH6030.

4Do you knowיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045thisH2088fromof oldעַ֑ד'AdH5703,From the establishmentשִׂ֖יםsimH7760of manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120on earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776,

5That thetriumphingרִנְנַ֣תri.NatH7445of the wickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563is shortמִקָּר֑וֹבmi.ka.RovH7138, Andthe joyוְשִׂמְחַ֖תve.sim.ChatH8057of the godlessחָנֵ֣ףcha.NefH2611momentaryעֲדֵי־ רָֽגַע׃'a.dei- Ra.ga'H5704 H7281?

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