Revised Literal Translation

Job 8:3-6

3Doth Godהַ֭אֵלHa.'elH410pervertיְעַוֵּ֣תye.'a.VetH5791judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941?or doth the Almightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706pervertיְעַוֵּֽת־ye.'a.vet-H5791justiceצֶֽדֶק׃Tze.dekH6664?

4If thy childrenבָּנֶ֥יךָba.Nei.khaH1121have sinnedחָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-H2398against him, and he have cast them awayוַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗םvay.sha.le.ChemH7971forבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027their transgressionפִּשְׁעָֽם׃pish.'AmH6588;

5If thou wouldest seekתְּשַׁחֵ֣רte.sha.CherH7836unto Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410betimesH7836,and make thy supplicationתִּתְחַנָּֽן׃tit.cha.NanH2603to the Almightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706;

6If thou wertpureזַ֥ךְzakhH2134and uprightוְיָשָׁ֗רve.ya.SharH3477;surely now he would awakeיָעִ֣ירya.'IrH5782for thee, and make the habitationנְוַ֣תne.VatH5116of thy righteousnessצִדְקֶֽךָ׃tzid.Ke.chaH6664prosperousוְ֝שִׁלַּ֗םve.shi.LamH7999.

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