New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 5:12-14

12Hefrustratesמֵ֭פֵרMe.ferH6565the plottingמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of the shrewdעֲרוּמִ֑ים'a.ru.MimH6175,So that their handsיְ֝דֵיהֶ֗םye.dei.HemH3027cannotוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808attainתַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָהta.'a.Sei.nahH6213successתּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃tu.shi.YahH8454.

13Hecapturesלֹכֵ֣דlo.KhedH3920the wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450by their own shrewdnessH6193,And the adviceוַעֲצַ֖תva.'a.TzatH6098of the cunningנִפְתָּלִ֣יםnif.ta.LimH6617is quicklyH4116thwartedH4116.

14By dayיוֹמָ֥םyo.MamH3119theymeetיְפַגְּשׁוּ־ye.fa.ge.shu-H6298with darknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,And gropeיְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּye.mash.ShuH4959at noonבַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃Va.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672as in the nightוְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהve.kha.Lay.lahH3915.

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