Revised Literal Translation

Job 27:16-19

16Though he heap upיִצְבֹּ֣רyitz.BorH6651silverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701as the dustכֶּעָפָ֣רke.'a.FarH6083,and prepareיָכִ֥יןya.KhinH3559raimentמַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃mal.BushH4403as the clayוְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶרve.kha.Cho.merH2563;

17He may prepareיָ֭כִיןYa.khinH3559it,but the justוְצַדִּ֣יקve.tza.DikH6662shall put itonיִלְבָּ֑שׁyil.BashH3847,and the innocentנָקִ֥יna.KiH5355shall divideיַחֲלֹֽק׃ya.cha.LokH2505the silverוְ֝כֶ֗סֶףve.Khe.sefH3701.

18He buildethבָּנָ֣הba.NahH1129his houseבֵּית֑וֹbei.ToH1004as a mothכָעָ֣שׁkha.'AshH6211,and as a boothוּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗הu.khe.su.KahH5521thatthe keeperנֹצֵֽר׃no.TzerH5341makethעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213.

19The richעָשִׁ֣יר'a.ShirH6223man shall lie downיִ֭שְׁכַּבYish.kavH7901,but he shall not be gatheredיֵאָסֵ֑ףye.'a.SefH622:he openethפָּקַ֣חpa.KachH6491his eyesעֵינָ֖יו'ei.NavH5869, and he is not.

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