Revised Version 1895

Job 14:7-12

7For there ishopeתִּ֫קְוָ֥הtik.VahH8615of atreeלָעֵ֗ץla.'EtzH6086,ifאִֽם־'im-H518it becutיִ֭כָּרֵתYi.ka.retH3772downH3772, that it willsproutיַחֲלִ֑יףya.cha.LifH2498againוְע֣וֹדve.'odH5750, and that the tenderbranchH6086thereof willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808ceaseתֶחְדָּֽל׃tech.DalH2308.

8Thoughאִם־'im-H518therootשָׁרְשׁ֑וֹsha.re.ShoH8328thereof waxoldיַזְקִ֣יןyaz.KinH2204in theearthH776, and thestockגִּזְעֽוֹ׃giz.'OH1503thereofdieיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191in thegroundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776;

9Yet through the scent ofwaterמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325it willbudיַפְרִ֑חַyaf.Ri.achH6524, and put forth boughs like aplantנָֽטַע׃Na.ta'H5194.

10ButmanH120dieth, and wasteth away: yea,manH120giveth up the ghost, andwhereH346is he?

11As thewatersמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325fail from theseaיָ֑םYamH3220, and theriverוְ֝נָהָ֗רve.na.HarH5104decayeth and driethupוְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ve.ya.VeshH3001;

12SoH3808manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376liethdownשָׁכַ֗בsha.KhavH7901and risethnotH3808:tillעַד־'ad-H5704theheavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064benoH3808moreH3808, they shallnotH3808awakeH5782,norH3808berousedH5782outיָ֫ק֥וּםya.KumH6965of theirsleepמִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃mi.she.na.TamH8142.

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