Revised Literal Translation

Job 35:2-8

2Thinkestחָשַׁ֣בְתָּcha.Shav.taH2803thou this to be rightלְמִשְׁפָּ֑טle.mish.PatH4941, thatthou saidstאָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559,My righteousnessצִדְקִ֥יtzid.KiH6664ismore than God’sמֵאֵֽל׃me.'ElH410?

3For thou saidstתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559,What advantageיִּסְכָּן־yis.kon-H5532will it be unto thee? and,What profitאֹ֝עִ֗יל'o.'IlH3276shall I have, if I be cleansedfrom my sinמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403?

4I will answerאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין'a.shi.ve.Kha mi.LinH4405 H7725thee, and thy companionsרֵעֶ֥יךָre.'Ei.khaH7453with thee.

5Lookהַבֵּ֣טha.BetH5027unto the heavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064,and seeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200;and beholdוְשׁ֥וּרve.ShurH7789the cloudsשְׁ֝חָקִ֗יםShe.cha.KimH7834whichare higherגָּבְה֥וּga.ve.HuH1361than thou.

6If thou sinnestחָ֭טָאתָCha.ta.taH2398,what doestתִּפְעָל־tif.'ol-H6466thou against him? or ifthy transgressionsפְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָfe.sha.'Ei.khaH6588be multipliedוְרַבּ֥וּve.ra.BuH7231,what doestתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thou unto him?

7If thou be righteousצָ֭דַקְתָּTza.dak.taH6663,what givestתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414thou him? or what receivethיִקָּֽח׃yi.KachH3947he of thine handמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027?

8Thy wickednessרִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrish.'E.khaH7562may hurta manלְאִישׁ־le.'ish-H376as thou art;and thy righteousnessצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzid.ka.Te.chaH6666may profitthe sonוּלְבֶן־u.le.ven-H1121of manאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.

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