Revised Version 1895

Job 11

1ThenansweredH559Zopharצֹפַ֥רtzo.FarH6691theNaamathiteהַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יha.na.'a.ma.TiH5284, andsaidH559,

2Shouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808themultitudeהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230ofwordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697beansweredיֵעָנֶ֑הye.'a.NehH6030? and should amanאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376full oftalkH1697bejustifiedיִצְדָּֽק׃yitz.DakH6663?

3Should thy boastings makemenמְתִ֣יםme.TimH4962hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shallnoH369manH369make theeashamedמַכְלִֽם׃makh.LimH3637?

4For thou sayest, My doctrine ispureזַ֣ךְzakhH2134, and I amcleanוּ֝בַ֗רu.VarH1249in thineeyesבְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.

5ButOhמִֽי־mi-H4310thatGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433wouldspeakדַּבֵּ֑רda.BerH1696, andopenוְיִפְתַּ֖חve.yif.TachH6605hislipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193againstעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973thee;

6And that he would shew thee thesecretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587ofwisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451, that iris manifold in effectual working!Knowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045therefore thatGodאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433exacteth of theelessכִּֽי־ki-H3588thanכִּֽי־ki-H3588thineiniquityמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771deserveth.

7Canst thou bysearchingהַחֵ֣קֶרha.Che.kerH2714findתִּמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'H4672outH4672Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433? canst thoufindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672outH4672theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706unto perfection?

8It ishighגָּבְהֵ֣יga.ve.HeiH1363asheavenשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064;whatמַה־mah-H4100canst thoudoתִּפְעָ֑לtif.'AlH6466?deeperעֲמֻקָּ֥ה'a.mu.KahH6013thanSheolמִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלmi.she.'olH7585;whatמַה־mah-H4100canst thouknowתֵּדָֽע׃te.Da'H3045?

9Themeasureמִדָּ֑הּmi.DahH4055thereof islongerאֲרֻכָּ֣ה'a.ru.KahH752thanH4480theearthמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776, andbroaderוּ֝רְחָבָ֗הu.re.cha.VahH7342thanH4480theseaיָֽם׃YamH3220.

10Ifאִם־'im-H518hepassH7725throughיַחֲלֹ֥ףya.cha.LofH2498, andshutוְיַסְגִּ֑ירve.yas.GirH5462upH5462, andcallH7725unto judgment, then whocanוּמִ֣יu.MiH4310hinder him?

11For he knowethvainשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723menמְתֵי־me.tei-H4962: he seethiniquityאָ֝֗וֶן'A.venH205also,evenH3588thoughH3588heconsiderוַיַּרְא־vai.yar'-H7200itnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808.

12But vainmanH376is void of understanding, yea,manH376isbornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205as awildפֶּ֝֗רֶאPe.re'H6501ass’scoltוְעַ֥יִרve.'A.yirH5895.

13Ifאִם־'im-H518thousetהֲכִינ֣וֹתָha.khi.No.taH3559thineheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820aright, andstretchוּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖u.fa.ras.TaH6566outH413thinehandsכַּפֶּֽךָ׃ka.Pe.khaH3709towardH413him;

14Ifאִם־'im-H518iniquityאָ֣וֶן'A.venH205be in thinehandבְּ֭יָדְךָBe.ya.de.khaH3027,putהַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּhar.chi.Ke.huH7368itfarH7368awayH7368, andletH408notH408unrighteousnessעַוְלָֽה׃'av.LahH5766dwellתַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtash.KenH7931in thytentsבְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָbe.'o.ha.Lei.khaH168;

15SurelyH3588then shalt thouliftתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375upH5375thyfaceפָנֶ֣יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440withoutH3808spotמִמּ֑וּםmi.MumH3971;yeaH3588, thou shalt be stedfast, and shaltnotH3808fearתִירָֽא׃ti.Ra'H3372:

16For thou shaltforgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911thymiseryעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999; thou shaltrememberתִזְכֹּֽר׃tiz.KorH2142it aswatersכְּמַ֖יִםke.Ma.yimH4325that arepassedH5674awayעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674:

17And thylifeחָ֑לֶדCha.ledH2465shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as themorningכַּבֹּ֥קֶרka.Bo.kerH1242.

18And thou shalt besecureוּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּU.va.tach.taH982,becauseH3588there ishopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615;yeaH3588, thou shaltsearchוְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ve.cha.far.taH2658about thee, and shalttakeH7901thyrestH7901insafetyלָבֶ֥טַחla.Ve.tachH983.

19Also thou shaltlieוְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּVe.ra.vatz.taH7257downH7257, andnoneוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369shallmakeH2729theeafraidH2729; yea,manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227shallmakeH2729suit unto thee.

20But theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563shallfailתִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikh.Lei.nahH3615, and they shall havenoH4480way to flee, and theirhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗םve.tik.va.TamH8615shall be the givingupH4480of the ghost.

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