Revised Literal Translation

Job 34:20-25

20In a momentרֶ֤גַע׀Re.ga'H7281shall they dieיָמֻתוּ֮ya.mu.TuH4191,and the peopleעָ֣ם'amH5971shall be troubledיְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּye.go.'a.ShuH1607at midnightוַחֲצ֪וֹת לָ֥יְלָהva.cha.Tzot La.ye.lahH3915 H2676,and pass awayוְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּve.ya.'a.Vo.ruH5674:and the mightyאַ֝בִּ֗יר'a.BirH47shall be taken awayוְיָסִ֥ירוּve·ya·Si·ruH5493without handבְיָֽד׃ve.YadH3027.

21For his eyesעֵ֭ינָיו'Ei.navH5869areupon the waysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870of manאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376,and he seethיִרְאֶֽה׃yir.'EhH7200all his goingsצְעָדָ֥יוtze.'a.DavH6806.

22There isno darknessחֹ֭שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,nor shadow of deathצַלְמָ֑וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757,where the workersפֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.leiH6466of iniquityאָֽוֶן׃'A.venH205may hideלְהִסָּ֥תֶרle.hi.Sa.terH5641themselves.

23For he will not layיָשִׂ֣יםya.SimH7760upon manאִ֭ישׁ'ishH376more than right;that he should enterלַהֲלֹ֥ךְla.ha.LokhH1980into judgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941with Godאֵ֝֗ל'ElH410.

24He shall break in piecesיָרֹ֣עַya.Ro.a'H7489mighty menכַּבִּירִ֣יםka.bi.RimH3524without numberחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714,and setוַיַּעֲמֵ֖דvai.ya.'a.MedH5975othersאֲחֵרִ֣ים'a.che.RimH312in their stead.

25Therefore he knowethיַ֭כִּירYa.kirH5234their worksמַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑םma'.ba.dei.HemH4566,and he overturnethוְהָ֥פַךְve.Ha.fakhH2015themin the nightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915,so that they are destroyedוְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ve.yid.da.Ka.'uH1792.

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