Revised Literal Translation

Job 36:22-30

22Behold, Godאֵ֭ל'elH410exaltethיַשְׂגִּ֣יבyas.GivH7682by his powerבְּכֹח֑וֹbe.kho.ChoH3581:who teachethH3384like him?

23Who hath enjoinedפָקַ֣דfa.KadH6485him his wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870?or who can sayאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559,Thou hast wroughtפָּעַ֥לְתָּpa.'Al.taH6466iniquityעַוְלָֽה׃'av.LahH5766?

24Rememberזְ֭כֹרZe.khorH2142that thou magnifyתַשְׂגִּ֣יאtas.Gi'H7679his workפָעֳל֑וֹfo.'o.LoH6467,which menאֲנָשִֽׁים׃'a.na.ShimH582beholdשֹׁרְר֣וּsho.re.RuH7891.

25Every manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120may seeחָֽזוּ־cha.zu-H2372it; manאֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582may beholdיַבִּ֥יטya.BitH5027itafar offמֵרָחֽוֹק׃me.ra.ChokH7350.

26Behold, Godאֵ֣ל'elH410isgreatשַׂ֭גִּיאSa.gi'H7689,and we knowנֵדָ֑עne.Da'H3045himnot, neither can the numberמִסְפַּ֖רmis.ParH4557of his yearsשָׁנָ֣יוsha.NavH8141be searched outחֵֽקֶר׃Che.kerH2714.

27For he maketh smallיְגָרַ֣עye.ga.Ra'H1639the dropsנִטְפֵי־nit.fei-H5198of waterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325:they pour downיָזֹ֖קּוּya.Zo.kuH2212rainמָטָ֣רma.TarH4306according to the vapourלְאֵדֽוֹ׃le.'e.DoH108thereof:

28Which the cloudsשְׁחָקִ֑יםshe.cha.KimH7834do dropיִזְּל֥וּyi.ze.LuH5140anddistilיִ֝רְעֲפ֗וּyir.'a.FuH7491upon manאָדָ֬ם'a.DamH120abundantlyרָֽב׃RavH7227.

29Also can anyunderstandיָ֭בִיןYa.vinH995the spreadingsמִפְרְשֵׂי־mif.re.sei-H4666of the cloudsעָ֑ב'AvH5645, orthe noiseתְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹתte.shu.'otH8663of his tabernacleסֻכָּתֽוֹ׃su.ka.ToH5521?

30Behold, he spreadethפָּרַ֣שׂpa.RasH6566his lightאוֹר֑וֹ'o.RoH216upon it, and coverethכִּסָּֽה׃ki.SahH3680the bottomוְשָׁרְשֵׁ֖יve.sha.re.SheiH8328of the seaהַיָּ֣םhai.YamH3220.

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