Revised Literal Translation

Job 29:21-25

21Unto me mengave earשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085,and waitedוְיִחֵ֑לּוּve.yi.Che.luH3176,and kept silenceוְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּve.yi.de.MuH1826atלְמ֣וֹle.MoH3926my counselעֲצָתִֽי׃'a.tza.TiH6098.

22Afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310my wordsדְ֭בָרִיDe.va.riH1697they spake not againיִשְׁנ֑וּyish.NuH8138;and my speechמִלָּתִֽי׃mi.la.TiH4405droppedתִּטֹּ֥ףti.TofH5197upon them.

23And they waitedוְיִֽחֲל֣וּve.yi.cha.LuH3176for me as for the rainכַמָּטָ֣רkha.ma.TarH4306;and they openedפָּעֲר֥וּpa.'a.RuH6473their mouthוּ֝פִיהֶ֗םu.fi.HemH6310wide asfor the latter rainלְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃le.mal.Ko.oshH4456.

24IfI laughedאֶשְׂחַ֣ק'es.ChakH7832on them, they believedיַאֲמִ֑ינוּya.'a.Mi.nuH539itnot; and the lightוְא֥וֹרve.'orH216of my countenanceפָּ֝נַ֗יpa.NaiH6440they cast not downיַפִּילֽוּן׃ya.pi.LunH5307.

25I choseאֶֽבֲחַ֣ר'e.va.CharH977out their wayדַּרְכָּם֮dar.KamH1870,and satוְאֵשֵׁ֪בve.'e.ShevH3427chiefרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218,and dweltוְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹןVe.'esh.konH7931as a kingכְּמֶ֣לֶךְke.Me.lekhH4428among his troopsבַּגְּד֑וּדba.ge.DudH1416, as one thatcomfortethיְנַחֵֽם׃ye.na.ChemH5162the mournersאֲבֵלִ֣ים'a.ve.LimH57.

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