New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 42:2-6

2“I knowיָ֭דַעְתִּיya.da'.taH3045thatYou canתּוּכָ֑לtu.KhalH3201doallH3605thingsH3605,And that noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808planמְזִמָּֽה׃me.zi.MahH4209isH1219impossibleH1219for You.

3‘Whoמִ֤יmiH4310is thisזֶ֨ה׀zehH2088whoconcealsמַעְלִ֥יםma'.LimH5956adviceעֵצָ֗ה'e.TzahH6098withoutבְּֽלִ֫יbe.LiH1097knowledgeדָ֥עַתDa.'atH1847?’Thereforeלָכֵ֣ןla.KhenH3651I have declaredהִ֭גַּדְתִּיHi.gad.tiH5046that which I did not understandאָבִ֑ין'a.VinH995,Thingsנִפְלָא֥וֹתnif.la.'otH6381tooמִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.niH4480wonderfulH6381for me, which I do not knowאֵדָֽע׃'e.Da'H3045.

4‘Pleaseנָ֭אna'H4994listenשְֽׁמַֽע־she.ma'-H8085,and I will speakאֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerH1696; I willaskאֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗'esh.'al.khaH7592You, and You instructוְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ve.ho.di.'E.niH3045me.’

5I haveheardשְׁמַעְתִּ֑יךָshe.ma'.Ti.khaH8085of You by the hearingלְשֵֽׁמַע־le.she.ma'-H8088of the earאֹ֥זֶן'O.zenH241;But nowוְ֝עַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258myeyeעֵינִ֥י'ei.NiH5869seesרָאָֽתְךָ׃ra.'A.te.khaH7200You;

6Thereforeכֵּ֭ןkenH5921 H3651I retractאֶמְאַ֣ס'em.'AsH3988,And I repentוְנִחַ֑מְתִּיve.ni.Cham.tiH5162, sittingon dustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083and ashesוָאֵֽפֶר׃ פva.'E.ferH665.”

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