Revised Literal Translation

Job 11:1-6

1Then answeredוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030Zopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691the Naamathiteהַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.TiH5284,and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2Should not the multitudeהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230of wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697be answeredיֵעָנֶ֑הye.'a.NehH6030?and should a manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376full of talkשְׂפָתַ֣יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193be justifiedיִצְדָּֽק׃yitz.DakH6663?

3Should thy liesבַּ֭דֶּיךָBa.dei.khaH907makeH2790menמְתִ֣יםme.TimH4962hold their peaceH2790?and when thou mockestוַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גva.til.'AgH3932,shall no man make thee ashamedמַכְלִֽם׃makh.LimH3637?

4For thou hast saidוַ֭תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559,My doctrineלִקְחִ֑יlik.ChiH3948ispureזַ֣ךְzakhH2134,and I am cleanוּ֝בַ֗רu.VarH1249in thine eyesבְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

5Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199oh thatיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433would speakדַּבֵּ֑רda.BerH1696,and openוְיִפְתַּ֖חve.yif.TachH6605his lipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193against thee;

6And that he would shewוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046thee the secretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587of wisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451, that they aredoubleכִפְלַ֪יִםkhif.La.yimH3718to that which isלְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥הle.Tu.shi.YahH8454!Knowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045therefore that Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433exactethיַשֶּׁ֥הya.ShehH5382of thee lessthan thine iniquityמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771deserveth.

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