New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 21:1-6

1Then Jobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347respondedוַיַּ֥עַן וַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.Ya.'an vai.yo.MarH6030 H559,

2“Listenשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085carefullyשָׁ֭מוֹעַSha.mo.a'H8085to my speechמִלָּתִ֑יmi.la.TiH4405,And let thisH2088be your way ofconsolationתַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃tan.Chu.mo.tei.KhemH8575.

3Bearשָׂ֭אוּנִיSa.'u.niH5375with me that I may speakאֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerH1696;Then afterוְאַחַ֖רve.'a.CharH310I have spokenדַּבְּרִ֣יda.be.RiH1696, you maymockתַלְעִֽיג׃tal.'IgH3932me.

4As for me, ismy complaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879to a mortalלְאָדָ֣םle.'a.DamH120?Orוְאִם־ve.'im-H518whyמַ֝דּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'H4069shouldI not be impatientתִקְצַ֥רtik.TzarH7114?

5Lookפְּנוּ־pe.nu-H6437at me, and beH8074astonishedH8074, Andputוְשִׂ֖ימוּve.Si.muH7760yourhandיָ֣דyadH3027overעַל־'al-H5921yourmouthפֶּֽה׃PehH6310.

6Even whenוְאִם־ve.'im-H518I rememberזָכַ֥רְתִּיza.Khar.tiH2142,I amH926disturbedוְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּיve.niv.Hal.tiH926, Andhorrorפַּלָּצֽוּת׃pa.la.TzutH6427takesH270holdוְאָחַ֥זve.'a.ChazH270of my fleshבְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbe.sa.RiH1320.

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