Revised Literal Translation

Job 21:1-6

1But Jobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347answeredוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2Hearשִׁמְע֣וּshim.'UH8085diligentlyשָׁ֭מוֹעַSha.mo.a'H8085my speechמִלָּתִ֑יmi.la.TiH4405,and let this be your consolationsתַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃tan.Chu.mo.tei.KhemH8575.

3Sufferשָׂ֭אוּנִיSa.'u.niH5375me that I may speakאֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerH1696;and afterוְאַחַ֖רve.'a.CharH310that I have spokenדַּבְּרִ֣יda.be.RiH1696,mock onתַלְעִֽיג׃tal.'IgH3932.

4As for me, ismy complaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879to manלְאָדָ֣םle.'a.DamH120? and if it were so,why should not my spiritרוּחִֽי׃ru.ChiH7307be troubledתִקְצַ֥רtik.TzarH7114?

5Markפְּנוּ־pe.nu-H6437me, and be astonishedוְהָשַׁ֑מּוּve.ha.Sha.muH8074,and layוְשִׂ֖ימוּve.Si.muH7760yourhandיָ֣דyadH3027upon yourmouthפֶּֽה׃PehH6310.

6Even when I rememberזָכַ֥רְתִּיza.Khar.tiH2142I am afraidוְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּיve.niv.Hal.tiH926,and tremblingפַּלָּצֽוּת׃pa.la.TzutH6427taketh hold onוְאָחַ֥זve.'a.ChazH270my fleshבְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbe.sa.RiH1320.

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