4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thou when I laid the foundationsבְּיָסְדִי־be.ya.se.di-H3245of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046,if thou hastיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.
5Who hath laidשָׂ֣םsamH7760the measuresמְ֭מַדֶּיהָMe.ma.dei.haH4461thereof, if thou knowestתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045?or who hath stretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186the lineקָּֽו׃KavH6957upon it?
6Whereupon are the foundationsאֲדָנֶ֣יהָ'a.da.Nei.haH134thereof fastenedהָטְבָּ֑עוּha.te.Ba.'uH2883?or who laidיָ֝רָ֗הya.RahH3384the cornerפִּנָּתָֽהּ׃pi.na.TahH6438stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68thereof;
7When the morningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangבְּרָן־be.ron-H7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162,and all the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321for joy?
8Or whoshut upוַיָּ֣סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526the seaיָ֑םYamH3220with doorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817,when it brake forthבְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.ChoH1518, as ifit had issued outיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318of the wombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358?
9When I madeבְּשׂוּמִ֣יbe.su.MiH7760the cloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051the garmentלְבֻשׁ֑וֹle.vu.ShoH3830thereof, and thick darknessוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205a swaddlingbandחֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃cha.tu.la.ToH2854for it,
10And brake upוָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רva.'esh.BorH7665for it my decreedחֻקִּ֑יchu.KiH2706place,and setוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280and doorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,
11And saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559,Hithertoעַד־'ad-H6311H5704shalt thou comeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935,but no furtherתֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254:and here shall thy proudבִּגְא֥וֹןbig.'onH1347wavesגַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ga.Lei.khaH1530be stayedיָ֝שִׁ֗יתya.ShitH7896?
13That it might take holdלֶ֭אֱחֹזLe.'e.chozH270of the endsבְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbe.khan.FotH3671of the earthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,that the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563might be shaken outוְיִנָּעֲר֖וּve.yi.na.'a.RuH5287of it?
14It is turnedתִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְTit.ha.pekhH2015as clayכְּחֹ֣מֶרke.Cho.merH2563tothe sealחוֹתָ֑םcho.TamH2368;and they standוְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּve.yit.ya.tze.VuH3320as a garmentלְבֽוּשׁ׃le.VushH3830.
15And from the wickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֣יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563their lightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216is withholdenוְיִמָּנַ֣עve.yi.ma.Na'H4513,and the highרָ֝מָ֗הra.MahH7311armוּזְר֥וֹעַu.ze.Ro.a'H2220shall be brokenתִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665.
16Hast thou enteredהֲ֭בָאתָHa.va.taH935into the springsנִבְכֵי־niv.khei-H5033of the seaיָ֑םYamH3220?or hast thou walkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980in the searchוּבְחֵ֥קֶרu.ve.Che.kerH2714of the depthתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?
17Have the gatesשַׁעֲרֵי־sha.'a.rei-H8179of deathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194been openedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540unto thee? or hast thou seenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200the doorsוְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of the shadow of deathצַלְמָ֣וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757?
18Hast thou perceivedהִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּHit.bo.nan.taH995the breadthרַחֲבֵי־ra.cha.vei-H7338of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046if thou knowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045it all.
19Where isthe wayהַ֭דֶּרֶךְHa.de.rekhH1870wherelightא֑וֹר'orH216dwellethיִשְׁכָּן־yish.kon-H7931? and as fordarknessוְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְve.Cho.shekhH2822, where isthe placeמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725thereof,
20That thou shouldest takeתִ֭קָּחֶנּוּTi.ka.che.nuH3947it to the boundגְּבוּל֑וֹge.vu.LoH1366thereof, and that thou shouldest knowתָ֝בִ֗יןta.VinH995the pathsנְתִיב֥וֹתne.ti.VotH5410tothe houseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃bei.ToH1004thereof?
21Knowestיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045thou it,because thou wast then bornתִּוָּלֵ֑דti.va.LedH3205? or becausethe numberוּמִסְפַּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557of thy daysיָמֶ֣יךָya.Mei.khaH3117isgreatרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227?
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