Revised Literal Translation

Job 5:9-16

9Which doethעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213great thingsגְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotH1419and unsearchableחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714 H369;marvellous thingsנִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otH6381without numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557:

10Who givethהַנֹּתֵ֣ןha.no.TenH5414rainמָ֭טָרMa.torH4306uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,and sendethוְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַve.Sho.le.achH7971watersמַ֝יִםMa.yimH4325uponפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the fieldsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351:

11To set upלָשׂ֣וּםla.SumH7760on highלְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.RomH4791those that be lowשְׁפָלִ֣יםshe.fa.LimH8217;that those which mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.RimH6937may be exaltedשָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuH7682to safetyיֶֽשַׁע׃Ye.sha'H3468.

12He disappointethמֵ֭פֵרMe.ferH6565the devicesמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of the craftyעֲרוּמִ֑ים'a.ru.MimH6175,so that their handsיְ֝דֵיהֶ֗םye.dei.HemH3027cannot performתַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָהta.'a.Sei.nahH6213theirenterpriseתּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃tu.shi.YahH8454.

13He takethלֹכֵ֣דlo.KhedH3920the wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450in their own craftinessH6193:and the counselוַעֲצַ֖תva.'a.TzatH6098of the perverseנִפְתָּלִ֣יםnif.ta.LimH6617is carried headlongנִמְהָֽרָה׃nim.Ha.rahH4116.

14They meetיְפַגְּשׁוּ־ye.fa.ge.shu-H6298with darknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in the daytimeיוֹמָ֥םyo.MamH3119,and gropeיְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּye.mash.ShuH4959in the noondayבַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃Va.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672as in the nightוְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהve.kha.Lay.lahH3915.

15But he savethוַיֹּ֣שַׁעvai.Yo.sha'H3467the poorאֶבְיֽוֹן׃'ev.YonH34from the swordמֵ֭חֶרֶבMe.che.revH2719,from their mouthמִפִּיהֶ֑םmi.pi.HemH6310,and from the handוּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.YadH3027of the mightyחָזָ֣קcha.ZakH2389.

16So the poorלַדַּ֣לla.DalH1800hath hopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615,and iniquityוְ֝עֹלָ֗תָהve.'o.La.tahH5766stoppethקָ֣פְצָהKa.fe.tzahH7092her mouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310.

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