Revised Version 1895

Job 1:1-8

1There was amanאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376in thelandבְאֶֽרֶץ־ve.'e.retz-H776ofUzע֖וּץ'utzH5780,whoseH376nameשְׁמ֑וֹshe.MoH8034wasJobאִיּ֣וֹב'i.YovH347; and thatmanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376wasperfectתָּ֧םtamH8535anduprightוְיָשָׁ֛רve.ya.SharH3477, and one that fearedGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430, and eschewedevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

2And there werebornוַיִּוָּ֥לְדוּvai.yi.Val.duH3205unto himsevenשִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'AhH7651sonsבָנִ֖יםva.NimH1121andthreeוְשָׁל֥וֹשׁve.sha.Lo.oshH7969daughtersבָּנֽוֹת׃ba.NotH1323.

3His substance also wassevenשִֽׁבְעַ֨תshiv.'AtH7651thousandאַלְפֵי־'al.fei-H505sheepצֹ֜אןtzonH6629, andthreeוּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתu.she.Lo.shetH7969thousandאַלְפֵ֣י'al.FeiH505camelsגְמַלִּ֗יםge.ma.LimH1581, andfiveוַחֲמֵ֨שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֤וֹתme.'otH3967yokeצֶֽמֶד־tze.med-H6776ofoxenבָּקָר֙ba.KarH1241, andfiveוַחֲמֵ֣שׁva.cha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֣וֹתme.'otH3967she-asses, and averyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419householdוַעֲבֻדָּ֖הva.'a.vu.DahH5657;soH1961that thismanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376was thegreatestH1419ofallמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605thechildrenבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of theeastקֶֽדֶם׃Ke.demH6924.

4And hissonsבָנָיו֙va.NavH1121wentוְהָלְכ֤וּve.ha.le.KhuH1980andheldוְעָשׂ֣וּve.'a.SuH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960in thehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004ofeachאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376oneuponH7121hisdayיוֹמ֑וֹyo.MoH3117; and theysentוְשָׁלְח֗וּve.sha.le.ChuH7971andcalledH7121for theirthreeלִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתlish.Lo.shetH7969sistersאַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם'ach.yo.tei.hemH269toeatלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398and todrinkוְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתve.lish.TotH8354with them.

5And it wassoH6213, when thedaysיְמֵ֨יye.MeiH3117of theirfeastingהַמִּשְׁתֶּ֜הha.mish.TehH4960weregoneH5927aboutוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961, thatJobאִיּ֣וֹב'i.YovH347sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֧חvai.yish.LachH7971andsanctifiedוַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁ֗םvay.ka.de.ShemH6942them, androseH7925upH5927earlyוְהִשְׁכִּ֣יםve.hish.KimH7925in themorningבַּבֹּקֶר֮ba.bo.KerH1242, andofferedוְהֶעֱלָ֣הve.he.'e.LahH5927burnH5927offeringsעֹלוֹת֮'o.lOtH5930accordingH3602to thenumberמִסְפַּ֣רmis.ParH4557of themallH3605: forJobאִיּ֔וֹב'i.YovH347saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, It may be that mysonsבָנַ֔יva.NaiH1121havesinnedחָטְא֣וּcha.te.'UH2398, and renouncedGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430in theirheartsבִּלְבָבָ֑םbil.va.VamH3824.Thusכָּ֛כָהKa.khahH3602didH6213Jobאִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovH347continuallyהַיָּמִֽים׃ פhai.ya.MimH3117.

6Nowוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961there was adayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117when thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935topresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320themselvesH3320beforeעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andSatanהַשָּׂטָ֖ןha.sa.TanH7854cameוַיָּב֥וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935also among them.

7And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068saidH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֖ןha.sa.TanH7854, Whence comest thou? ThenSatanהַשָּׂטָ֤ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredH559theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, andsaidH559, FromgoingH1980to andfroH1980in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and fromwalkingH1980upתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935anddownH1980in it.

8And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןha.sa.TanH7854, Hast thou considered myservantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Jobאִיּ֑וֹב'i.YovH347? for there isnoneאֵ֤ין'einH369like him in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, aperfectתָּ֧םtamH8535and an uptightmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376, one that fearethGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430, and eschewethevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

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