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Job 4:12-17

12Now a thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697was secretly broughtיְגֻנָּ֑בye.gu.NavH1589to me, and mine earאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241receivedוַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.KachH3947a littleשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102thereof.

13In thoughtsבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםBis.'i.pimH5587from the visionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384of the nightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915,when deep sleepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639fallethבִּנְפֹ֥לbin.FolH5307on menאֲנָשִֽׁים׃'a.na.ShimH582,

14Fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343cameקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122upon me, and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461,which made allוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106to shakeהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.

15Then a spiritוְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achH7307passedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya.cha.LofH2498before my faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440;the hairשַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsa.'a.RatH8185of my fleshבְּשָׂרִֽי׃be.sa.RiH1320stood upתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רte.sa.MerH5568:

16It stood stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975,but I could not discernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234the formמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758thereof: an imageתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544wasbefore mine eyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869, there wassilenceדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827,and I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085a voiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963, saying,

17Shall mortal manהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582be more justיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663than Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433?shall a manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397be more pureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891than his makerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּme.'o.Se.huH6213?

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