New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 1:18-21

18While he was still speakingמְדַבֵּ֔רme.da.BerH1696,anotherH2088also cameבָּ֣אba'H935and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, “Your sonsבָּנֶ֨יךָba.Nei.khaH1121and your daughtersוּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323were eatingאֹֽכְלִים֙'o.khe.LimH398and drinkingוְשֹׁתִ֣יםve.sho.TimH8354wineיַ֔יִןYa.yinH3196in their oldestהַבְּכֽוֹר׃ha.be.KhorH1060brother’sאֲחִיהֶ֥ם'a.chi.HemH251houseבְּבֵ֖יתbe.VeitH1004,

19and beholdוְהִנֵּה֩ve.hi.NehH2009,a greatגְּדוֹלָ֜הge.do.LahH1419windר֨וּחַRu.achH7307cameבָּ֣אָה׀Ba.'ahH935from acrossמֵעֵ֣בֶרme.'E.verH5676the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֗רha.mid.BarH4057and struckH5221the fourבְּאַרְבַּע֙be.'ar.Ba'H702cornersפִּנּ֣וֹתpi.NotH6438of the houseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,and it fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307on the youngH5288peopleH5288and they diedוַיָּמ֑וּתוּvai.ya.Mu.tuH4191,and I aloneלְבַדִּ֖יle.va.DiH905 H7534have escapedוָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧הva.'i.Mal.TahH4422to tellלְהַגִּ֥ידle.ha.GidH5046you.”

20Then Jobאִיּוֹב֙'i.yOvH347gotH6965upH6965,toreוַיִּקְרַ֣עvai.yik.Ra'H7167his robeמְעִל֔וֹme.'i.LoH4598,and shavedוַיָּ֖גָזvai.Ya.gozH1494his headרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218;then he fellוַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.PolH5307to the groundאַ֖רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776and worshipedH2331.

21He saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559, “Nakedעָרֹ֨ם'a.RomH6174I cameיָצָ֜אתִיya.tza.tiH3318from my mother’sאִמִּ֗י'i.MiH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,And nakedוְעָרֹם֙ve.'a.RomH6174I shall returnאָשׁ֣וּב'a.ShuvH7725thereשָׁ֔מָהSha.mahH8033. TheLordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068gaveנָתַ֔ןna.TanH5414and the Lordוַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068has takenלָקָ֑חla.KachH3947away.Blessedמְבֹרָֽךְ׃me.vo.RakhH1288be the nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.”

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