Revised Version 1895

Job 15:1-13

1ThenansweredH559Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489, andsaidH559,

2Should awiseהֶֽחָכָ֗םhe.cha.KhamH2450manH2450makeanswerיַעֲנֶ֥הya.'a.NehH6030with vainknowledgeדַֽעַת־da.'at-H1847, andfillוִֽימַלֵּ֖אvi.ma.Le'H4390hisbellyבִּטְנֽוֹ׃bit.NoH990with theeastקָדִ֣יםka.DimH6921windר֑וּחַRu.achH7307?

3Should hereasonH1697with unprofitabletalkH1697, or with speeches wherewith hecanלֹ֣אlo'H3808donoלֹא־lo'-H3808goodיוֹעִ֥ילyo.'IlH3276?

4Yea, thou doestawayוְתִגְרַ֥עve.tig.Ra'H1639withfearיִרְאָ֑הyir.'AhH3374, and restrainest devotionbeforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440Godאֵֽל׃'ElH410.

5For thineiniquityעֲוֹנְךָ֣'a.vo.ne.KhaH5771teacheth thymouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310, and thou choosest thetongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956of thecraftyעֲרוּמִֽים׃'a.ru.MimH6175.

6Thine ownmouthפִ֣יךָFi.khaH6310condemneth thee, andnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808I; yea, thine ownlipsוּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָu.se.fa.Tei.khaH8193testifyיַעֲנוּ־ya.'a.nu-H6030against thee.

7Art thou thefirstהֲרִאישׁ֣וֹןha.ri.yo.ShonH7223manאָ֭דָם'A.domH120that wasbornH3205? or wast thoubroughtH3205forthH3205beforeוְלִפְנֵ֖יve.lif.NeiH6440thehillsגְבָע֣וֹתge.va.'otH1389?

8Hast thouheardתִּשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'H8085thesecretH5475counselH5475ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433? and dost thou restrainwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451to thyself?

9WhatH4100knowest thou, that weknowיָּ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808?whatH4100understandest thou,whichהֽוּא׃Hu'H1931isnotוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808inusנֵדָ֑עne.Da'H3045?

10Withusיָמִֽים׃ya.MimH3117arebothH1571the grayheaded and theveryH1571agedH3453menH3453,muchכַּבִּ֖ירka.BirH3524elderthanH1571thyfatherמֵאָבִ֣יךָme.'a.Vi.khaH1.

11Are theconsolationsתַּנְחֻמ֣וֹתtan.chu.MotH8575ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410tooמִ֭מְּךָMi.me.khaH4480smallהַמְעַ֣טham.'AtH4592for thee, and thewordוְ֝דָבָ֗רve.da.VarH1697that dealethgentlyלָאַ֥טla.'AtH328with thee?

12Whyמַה־mah-H4100doth thineheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820carryH3947theeawayיִּקָּחֲךָ֥yi.ka.cha.KhaH3947? andwhyוּֽמַה־u.mah-H4100doH4100thineeyesעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869wink?

13That thou turnest thyspiritרוּחֶ֑ךָru.Che.khaH7307againstאֶל־'el-H413Godאֵ֣ל'elH410, and lettest suchwordsמִלִּֽין׃mi.LinH4405goH3318outH3318of thymouthמִפִּ֣יךָmi.Pi.khaH6310.

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