Revised Literal Translation

Job 16:2-5

2I have heardשָׁמַ֣עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085many such thingsרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227:miserableעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999comfortersמְנַחֲמֵ֖יme.na.cha.MeiH5162are ye all.

3Shall vainר֑וּחַRu.achH7307wordsלְדִבְרֵי־le.div.rei-H1697have an endהֲקֵ֥ץha.KetzH7093?or what emboldenethיַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗yam.ri.tze.khaH4834thee that thou answerestתַעֲנֶֽה׃ta.'a.NehH6030?

4I also could speakאֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה'a.Da.Be.rahH1696as ye do:ifל֤וּ־Lu-H3863your soulנַפְשְׁכֶ֡םnaf.she.KhemH5315wereיֵ֪שׁyeshH3426in my soul’sנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315stead, I could heap upאַחְבִּ֣ירָה'ach.Bi.rahH2266wordsבְּמִלִּ֑יםbe.mi.LimH4405against you, and shakeוְאָנִ֥יעָהve.'a.Ni.'ahH5128mine headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218atבְּמ֣וֹbe.MoH1119you.

5ButI would strengthenאֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם'a.'a.mitz.KhemH553you withבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119my mouthפִ֑יFiH6310,and the movingוְנִ֖ידve.NidH5205of my lipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193should asswageיַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃yach.SokhH2820your grief.

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